Strange Fruit Aaron (words & music Abel Meeropol) Standard tuning: EADGBE (Piano arranged for guitar) Bm A G Southern trees F# Bearing strange fruit Bm A G Blood on the leaves F# 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 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 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 Em For the rain to gather Em For the wind to suck Em 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 ---------------------------------------------- Tabbed by Sexytom, (w/ corrections by Ludovic) Comments - corrections: civetom@hotmail.com