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Strange Fruit
Aaron
(words & music Abel Meeropol)
Standard tuning: EADGBE
(Piano arranged for guitar)
  BmSouthern trees A  G  
  Bearing strangF#e fruit
  BmBlood on the leavesA  G  
  And blood at the F#root
  EmBlack bodies swinging in the southern breeBmzeA  
  GStrange fruit hanging F#from the poBmplar treesA  G  F#  
  EmPastoral scene Bmof the gallant AsouthG  F#  
  EmAnd the bulging eyes Eand the twisted mouth
  BmThe scent Aof magnolia Gsweet and F#fresh
  EmThen the sudden smell Bmof     A     G  F#burning fleshBm  A  G  F#  
  BmHere is a fruit   A  Gfor the crows to F#pluck
  EmFor the rain to gather
  EmFor the wind to suck
  EmFor the sun to rot
  EmFor the trees     Bm     A     G  F#to drop
  BmHere is a straAnge  Gand bitteF#r crop Bm  

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Strange Fruit

by AaRON (France)

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Strange Fruit

Aaron

(words & music Abel Meeropol)

Standard tuning: EADGBE

(Piano arranged for guitar)

Bm A G

Southern trees

Bearing strange fruit

Bm A G

Blood on the leaves

And blood at the root

Em Bm A

Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze

G F# Bm A G F#

Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees

Em Bm A G F#

Pastoral scene of the gallant south

Em E

And the bulging eyes and the twisted mouth

Bm A G F#

The scent of magnolia sweet and fresh

Em Bm A G F# Bm A G F#

Then the sudden smell of burning flesh

Bm A G F#

Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck

For the rain to gather

For the wind to suck

For the sun to rot

Em Bm A G F#

For the trees to drop

Bm A G F# Bm

Here is a strange and bitter crop

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