Strange Fruit Aaron (words & music Abel Meeropol) Standard tuning: EADGBE (Piano arranged for guitar)

^Bm Southern trees^A ^G Bearing strang^F#e fruit ^Bm Blood on the leaves^A ^G And blood at the ^F#root

^Em Black bodies swinging in the southern bree^Bmze ^A ^GStrange fruit hanging^F# from the po^Bmplar trees ^A ^G ^F# ^Em Pastoral scene ^Bmof the gallow ^Asouth ^G ^F# ^Em And the bulging eyes^E and the twisted mouth

^Bm The scent ^Aof magnolia^G sweet and ^F#fresh ^Em Then the sudden smell ^Bmof ^A ^G ^F#burning flesh ^Bm ^A ^G ^F#

^Bm Here is a fruit^A ^Gfor the crows to ^F#pluck ^Em For the rain to gather ^Em For the wind to suck ^Em For the sun to rot ^Em For the trees ^Bm ^A ^G ^F#to drop ^Bm Here is a stra^Ange ^G and bitte^F#r crop ^Bm

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Aaron - Strange fruit