Strange Fruit

[Primera Parte]

Cm                    Ab7     G7(9-)
Southern trees bear a strange fruit
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Blood on the leaves and blood at the
G7(9-)
 root
Fm                           
Black bodies swinging in the 
Dm7(5-)    G7(9-)
southern breeze
Cm                    Ab7     
Strange fruit hanging from the 
G7(9-)
poplar trees

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[Segunda Parte]

Cm                    Ab7     G7(9-)
Pastoral scene of the gallant south
Cm                    Ab7     
The bulging eyes and the twisted 
G7(9-)
mouth
Fm                           
Scent of magnolias, sweet and
Dm7(5-)    G7(9-)
 fresh
Cm                    Ab7     
Then the sudden smell of burning 
G7(9-)
flesh

[Tercera Parte]

Cm                    Ab7     G7(9-)
Here is fruit for the crows to pluck
Cm                    Ab7     
For the rain to gather, for the wind
G7(9-)
 to suck
Fm                           
For the sun to rot, for the 
Dm7(5-)    G7(9-)
trees to drop
Cm                    Ab7     G7(9-)
Here is a strange and bitter crop