This is Poliana Frank's cover of Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit".
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVjo1ekqtCY)
Chord legend:
Am x02210
Bm4/A x04430
C x32010
F 133211
Dm xx0231
Em 022000
G 320033
A x02220
Bm x24332
Am - Bm4/A - C - F (X4)
Am - Bm4/A - C - F - F
Am Em Dm F
Southern trees bear strange fruit,
Am Em Dm F
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Am Em Dm F
Black bodies swinging in the open breeze,
Am Em Dm F
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.
Am - Bm4/A - G - F (X2)
Am Em Dm F
Pastoral scenes of gallant south,
Am Em Dm F
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,
Am Em Dm F
Scent of magnolia, sweet and fresh,
Am Em F G A
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.
A - F - F G - A - A - F - G
Am G Bm F
Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck,
Am G Bm F
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
Am G Bm F G G
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop,
Am Bb C G F
Here is a strange and bitter crop.
Am Bm4/A Em G F
Here is a strange and bitter crop.
Am Bm4/A G F A
Here is a strange and bitter crop.
A - F - F G - A - A - F - G
Am G Bm F
Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck,
Am G Bm F
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
Am G Bm F G G
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop,
Am Bb C G F
Here is a strange and bitter crop.
Am Bm4/A Em G F
Here is a strange and bitter crop.
Am Bm4/A G F A
Here is a strange and bitter crop.
