Chords for STRANGE FRUIT by Josh White 1942

[D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ Southern [Am] trees, _ [N] _ pair of strange _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] Blood [N]
on the leaves _ and blood at [A] the roots
_ Black bodies swinging in the [Db] southern _ breeze
_ [Bb] _ Strange fruit [A] hanging _ _ [G] from the poplar [Dm] tree
_ _ [Ab] Oh, oh, oh, [C] _ [G] _
[Dm] oh, oh, [Bb] oh, oh, _ [Db] _ [A] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Bb] oh, oh, oh, Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
[A] Pastoral scenes [N] of the [Dm] [Em] gallant South
[A] Of [Dm] the bulging eyes [Bb] and the [A] twisted _ mouth
[Bb] Said [A] of [Db] magnolia, [N] _
_ sweet and fresh _
And the sudden smell [C] of burning [A] _
flesh
_ [N] Here _ is a [Bb] fruit for [N] the crows [A] to pluck
For the rains to gather [Eb] and for the [A] winds to suck
For [F] the sun to rot, for the trees _ to [N] _ dry
Oh, _ [Gm] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ [Db]
here _ [N] is a [Db] strange _ _
_ [Ab] _ [Db] and _ bitter cry
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _