Strange Fruit chords by Billie Holiday

Chords with lyrics

verse 1
C minorCm          Ab7Ab7   G7(9b)
Southern trees bear a strange fruit
C minorCm          Ab7Ab7   G7(9b)
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
F minorFm              Dm7(5b)  G7(9b)
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
C minorCm          Ab7Ab7   G7(9b)
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees

verse 2
C minorCm          Ab7Ab7   G7(9b)
Pastoral scene of the gallant south
C minorCm          Ab7Ab7   G7(9b)
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
F minorFm              Dm7(5b)  G7(9b)
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh
C minorCm          Ab7Ab7   G7(9b)
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh

verse 3
C minorCm          Ab7Ab7   G7(9b)
Here is fruit for the crows to pluck
C minorCm          Ab7Ab7   G7(9b)
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
F minorFm              Dm7(5b)  G7(9b)
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop
C minorCm          Ab7Ab7   G7(9b)
Here is a strange and bitter crop