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Chords for ''Strange Fruit'', from the album Unsongs(2016), by Moddi. 
[Verse]
D#mSouthern trees bear straC#nge fruit.
D#mBlood on the leaves and A#mblood at the root.
G#mBlack bodies swinging in Bthe southern brA#meeze.
BStrange fruit haA#nging from the pD#moplar trC#ees.D#m  
[Verse]
D#mPastoral scene of the gaA#mllant south.
D#mThe bulging eyes and the C#twisted mouth.
BScent of magnolias, sweeA#mt and fresh.
BThen the sudden smell of A#mburning A#flesh.
[Verse]
BHere is C#a fruit A#mfor the crows to D#mpluck,
       B        C#              A#/D       D#m(C#)
for the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
Bfor the A#sun to rD#mot, for C#the treeG#/Cs to drop.
BHere is a strange and biA#7tter crop. 

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Strange Fruit

by Moddi

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D#m

A#m

G#m

A#/D

G#/C

A#7

Chords for ''Strange Fruit'', from the album Unsongs(2016), by Moddi.

[Verse]

D#m C#

Southern trees bear strange fruit.

D#m A#m

Blood on the leaves and blood at the root.

G#m B A#m

Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze.

B A# D#m C# D#m

Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.

[Verse]

D#m A#m

Pastoral scene of the gallant south.

D#m C#

The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth.

B A#m

Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh.

B A#m A#

Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.

[Verse]

B C# A#m D#m

Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck,

B C# A#/D D#m C#

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for the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,

B A# D#m C# G#/C

for the sun to rot, for the trees to drop.

B A#7

Here is a strange and bitter crop.

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