Chords with lyrics
Intro: A minorAm G/BG/B E7E7 A minorAm E minor 7Em7 A minorAm Am G/BG/B E7E7 A minorAm E minor 7Em7 A minorAm
A minorAm E minor 7Em7 A minorAm A9A9 A minorAm E7E7
Southern trees bear a strange fruit
A minorAm E minor 7Em7 A minorAm A9A9 A minorAm E7E7
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Bm5-/7 E7/9- FdimFdim E7E7
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
A minorAm E minor 7Em7 Asus4Asus4 A9A9 A minorAm
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
Interlúde: A minorAm G/BG/B E7E7 A minorAm E minor 7Em7 A minorAm
A minorAm E minor 7Em7 A minorAm A9A9 A minorAm E7E7
Pastoral scene of the gallant south
A minorAm E minor 7Em7 FdimFdim E7E7
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
A minorAm E minor 7Em7 Bm5-/7 E minor 7Em7 A9A9 A minorAm E7E7
Smell of magnolia, sweet and fresh
E7/9- Bm5-/7 FdimFdim E7E7
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh
A minorAm Am7Am7+ DmDm Dm7Dm7 E7E7
Here is the fruit for the crows to pluck
A minorAm E7E7 GdimGdim FF E7E7
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
Em5-/7 A augmentedA A7M GdimGdim FdimFdim E7E7
For the sun to rot, for the tree to drop
A minorAm A9A9 A minorAm E7E7 Bm5-/7 Em5-/7 E7E7 A minorAm
Here is a strange and bitter crop