Chords for Billie Holiday - Strange fruit
Tempo:
97.35 bpm
Chords used:
F
Bbm
Fm
Ebm
Db
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] [Bbm]
[Bbm] [F]
[Bbm] Southern trees [Bb] bear strange [F] fruit, [Fm] blood on the leaves [Gm] and blood at [Gb] the [F] root.
[Ebm]
Black bodies swinging in the southern [Db] breeze,
[Fm] [Ab] strange fruit [G] hanging [Bbm] from [Ebm] the poplar [Bbm] trees.
[F] [Bbm]
Pastoral [F] scene of [Bbm] the gallant [F] south,
[Db] the [Fm] bulging eyes [G] and the [C] twisted [F] mouth,
[Bbm] scent of [B] magnolia, [Fm] sweet and [Ebm] fresh.
[Db] Then the sudden [Bbm] smell [C] of burning [F] flesh.
Here is [Bbm] a fruit for [Gb] the crows to [F] pluck,
[F] for [Ebm] the rain to gather, for the wind [A] to suck,
for [Db] the sun to ride, for [Fm] the tree
[Bm] to [Bb] drop.
Here [Bbm]
is a strange [Gb] and bitter [F] crop.
[Bb] [Bbm]
[G] [N]
[Bbm] [F]
[Bbm] Southern trees [Bb] bear strange [F] fruit, [Fm] blood on the leaves [Gm] and blood at [Gb] the [F] root.
[Ebm]
Black bodies swinging in the southern [Db] breeze,
[Fm] [Ab] strange fruit [G] hanging [Bbm] from [Ebm] the poplar [Bbm] trees.
[F] [Bbm]
Pastoral [F] scene of [Bbm] the gallant [F] south,
[Db] the [Fm] bulging eyes [G] and the [C] twisted [F] mouth,
[Bbm] scent of [B] magnolia, [Fm] sweet and [Ebm] fresh.
[Db] Then the sudden [Bbm] smell [C] of burning [F] flesh.
Here is [Bbm] a fruit for [Gb] the crows to [F] pluck,
[F] for [Ebm] the rain to gather, for the wind [A] to suck,
for [Db] the sun to ride, for [Fm] the tree
[Bm] to [Bb] drop.
Here [Bbm]
is a strange [Gb] and bitter [F] crop.
[Bb] [Bbm]
[G] [N]
Key:
F
Bbm
Fm
Ebm
Db
F
Bbm
Fm
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Bbm] _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ Southern _ _ _ trees _ [Bb] bear _ strange [F] _ fruit, _ [Fm] blood on the leaves _ [Gm] and blood at _ [Gb] the [F] root.
_ _ _ [Ebm]
Black bodies swinging _ _ in the _ southern _ _ [Db] _ breeze,
_ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] strange fruit [G] hanging _ [Bbm] from [Ebm] the poplar [Bbm] _ trees. _
_ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _
_ Pastoral _ [F] scene _ of [Bbm] the _ gallant [F] south,
_ _ [Db] the [Fm] bulging _ eyes [G] and the [C] twisted [F] mouth, _
_ [Bbm] scent of _ [B] magnolia, _ _ [Fm] sweet _ and _ [Ebm] fresh.
_ [Db] Then the sudden [Bbm] _ smell _ [C] of burning _ _ _ _ [F] flesh.
_ Here is [Bbm] a fruit _ for [Gb] the crows to [F] pluck,
_ _ [F] for [Ebm] the rain to gather, _ for the wind [A] to suck,
for [Db] the sun to ride, _ for [Fm] the tree _
[Bm] _ to _ [Bb] drop. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Here [Bbm]
is a _ strange _ [Gb] and _ _ bitter [F] _ _ _ crop.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ Southern _ _ _ trees _ [Bb] bear _ strange [F] _ fruit, _ [Fm] blood on the leaves _ [Gm] and blood at _ [Gb] the [F] root.
_ _ _ [Ebm]
Black bodies swinging _ _ in the _ southern _ _ [Db] _ breeze,
_ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] strange fruit [G] hanging _ [Bbm] from [Ebm] the poplar [Bbm] _ trees. _
_ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _
_ Pastoral _ [F] scene _ of [Bbm] the _ gallant [F] south,
_ _ [Db] the [Fm] bulging _ eyes [G] and the [C] twisted [F] mouth, _
_ [Bbm] scent of _ [B] magnolia, _ _ [Fm] sweet _ and _ [Ebm] fresh.
_ [Db] Then the sudden [Bbm] _ smell _ [C] of burning _ _ _ _ [F] flesh.
_ Here is [Bbm] a fruit _ for [Gb] the crows to [F] pluck,
_ _ [F] for [Ebm] the rain to gather, _ for the wind [A] to suck,
for [Db] the sun to ride, _ for [Fm] the tree _
[Bm] _ to _ [Bb] drop. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Here [Bbm]
is a _ strange _ [Gb] and _ _ bitter [F] _ _ _ crop.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _