Intro:
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 Southern trees bear a strange fruit
Am                  Am/C   Dm7      E   E7
 Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Dm7/A           F      F/E  F  F7    E
 Black bodies swingin' in the Southern breeze
F          E             Am      Asus2   Am/E
 Strange fruit hangin' from the poplar trees

Am             Am/C Dm7                E E7
 Pastoral scene        of the gallant South
Am              Am/C Dm7             E   E7
 The bulgin' eyes       and the twisted mouth
Dm7/A         F F/E   F7        E
 Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh
F          E          Am   Asus2    Am/E
 Then the sudden smell of burnin' flesh

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 Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck
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 For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
Dm7/A         Dm7/E F             F7      E
 For the sun to    rot, for the tree to drop
F     E          Am     Asus2   Am/E
 Here is a strange and bitter crop

Am               Am/C    Dm7 E    E7
 Southern trees bear a strange fruit
Am                  Am/C   Dm7      E   E7
 Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Dm7/A     Dm7/Eb Dm7/E F      F/E     F7    E
 Black bodies        swingin' in the Southern breeze
F               E        Am      Asus2   Am/E
 Strange fruit hangin' from the poplar trees