Strange Fruit Chords by Billie Holiday Her Orchestra

[Start]

[Intro]
A#m F#7 F# A#m B7 F7 A#m F#7
■   ■   ■  ■   ■  ■  ■   ■  
F7 A#m C F7 A#m F7 A#m
■  ■   ■ ■  ■   ■  ■  


[Verse]
               F#7            F7   
Southern trees bear a strange fruit
A#m                 C7               F7  
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
                                      A7    
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
                                      C#    A#m
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees ■  
A#m                                
Pastoral scene of the gallant South
                     F#7 C7           
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
A#m                             D#7   D#m A#m
■   Scent of magnolia sweet and fresh ■   ■  
                F#7                   
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh
A#m                         F#7      F7   
■   Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck
        D#m                                
For the rain to gather for the wind to suck
            A#m                    D#m7 F7
For the sun to rot for the tree to drop ■ 


[Outro]
          A#m         F#7    F7 A#m 
Here is a strange and bitter ■  crop