Strange Fruit

(words & music Abel Meeropol) Standard tuning: EADGBE (Piano arranged for guitar) Bm AG Southern trees F# Bearing strange fruit Bm G Blood on the leaves F# And blood at the root Em BmA Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze G F# Bm F# Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees Em Bm A F# Pastoral scene of the gallow south Em E And the bulging eyes and the twisted mouth Bm A G F# The scent of magnolia sweet and fresh Em Bm AGF# F# Then the sudden smell of burning flesh Bm AG F# Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck Em For the rain to gather Em For the wind to suck Em For the sun to rot Em BAGF# For the trees to drop Bm A G F# Bm Here is a strange and bitter crop ---------------------------------------------- Comments - corrections: civetom@hotmail.com