Strange Fruit Chords by Billie Holiday
- Key: Cm
- BPM: 65
- Capo: no capo
DOWNBEAT
STRANGE FRUIT CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] [Verse] Cm Cm Ab G7 ■ ■ Southern trees bear a strange fruit Cm Ab7 Fm Blood on the leaves and blood at the root ■ Fm Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze Cm Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees [Intro] [Verse] G Fm Cm ■ Pastoral scene of the gallant South Cm The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth Dm7 Bbmaj7 Ab7 Scent of magnolia ■ sweet and fresh Cm Cm G G7 Then the sudden smell of burning flesh ■ Cm Ab7 Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck [Chorus] G7 For the rain to gather for the wind to suck ■ Cm Eb Ab7 For the sun to rot for the tree to drop G7 Cm Cm7 Ab7 ■ Here is a strange and bitter crop [End]