Transcription: Ray Wood (sluggers@MCS.COM)
Cm Gaug G7
Southern trees bear a strange fruit
Cm G7
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Ab dim Bdim Dm7(b5) G7
Black body swinging in the Southern breeze
Cm(Eb bass) G7(D bass) Cm Fm Cm
Strange fruit Hanging from the poplar trees
Cm Ddim7 Fdim7 Cm(Eb bass) Cm G7(b9)
(humming)
Cm Cm(Eb bass) Cm
Pastoral scene of the gallant South the
Dm7(b5) G7(b9) G7
bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
Cm(Eb bass) Bdim(D bass) Cm G7
Scent of magnolia, sweet and fresh, and the
Fdim7 Ddim7 Bdim7 G7(b9)
sudden smell of burning flesh
Cm Cm(Bb bass) Ab9 G7(b9) G7
Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck, for the
Fdim7 Abdim7 Bdim7 G7(D bass) Cm(Eb bass) C
rain to gather, for the wind to suck, for the sun to rot for a
Dm7(b9) G7(b9) Cm G7 Cm
tree to drop, (hum), Here is a strange and
G7 Db6(add 9) Cm G7(b9) Cm Cm6
bitter crop (hum)