Chords for Billie Holiday - "Strange Fruit" Live 1959 [Reelin' In The Years Archives]

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[C] And now [Bb] a little tune written especially for [F] me, _ _ [Gb]
[A] Strange Fruit. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Southern [E] _
_ trees _ _ _
[C] bear [F] _ _ _
strange _ _ _ [E] fruit.
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_ _ Blood [E] on the _ _ leaves _
_ _ [Gb] _ [F] and [Gbm] blood at [F] the [E] _ root. _
_ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ [Bm] Black bodies swinging _ _ in _ _ [A] the southern [Ab] _ _ breeze.
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Strange fruit hanging _ _
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[E] the [F] poplar [C] _ _
[A] trees.
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_ _ [E] Pastoral _ scene _ _ of the [Am] gallant _ [Ab] south. _
_ _ _ _ The [G] _ _ _ [B] budging [Gb] _
_ eyes _ _ and [F] the twisted [E] mouth.
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Scent [A] of _ _ [E]
magnolia _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] sweet and _ fresh.
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_ _ _ [C] Then _ the sudden _ [Bm] _
smell _ [B] _ _ _ _
of burning [Fm] _ _
_ [E] _ flesh. _ _
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Here is a fruit _ _ for _ _ the _ [F] crows to [E] pluck. _ _ _ _
[B] _ [Bb] For the rain [Bm] to gather, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
for [A] the _ wind [Ab] to suck. _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [G] For the sun to _ rot, _ _ _ _ _ for _ [Em] the tree _ _ _ _ [Ebm] to _ _ _ _ _ _
dry.
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_ _ _ _ Here is a [Em] _ _ _ strange _ _ [F] and _ bitter _ _ [E] _ _
cry. _ _ _ _ _
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