Strange Fruit

Intro:
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 Southern trees bear a strange fruit
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 Blood on the leaves and blood 
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at the root
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 Black bodies swingin' in the 
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Southern breeze
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 Strange fruit hangin' from the 
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poplar trees

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 Pastoral scene        of the 
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gallant South
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 The bulgin' eyes       and the 
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twisted mouth
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 Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh
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 Then the sudden smell of 
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burnin' flesh

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 Here is a fruit for the crows 
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to pluck
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 For the rain to gather, for the 
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wind to suck
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 For the sun to    rot, for the 
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tree to drop
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 Here is a strange and bitter crop

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