Key: A
Introduction:
Bb A2/G Dm
(strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees)
Dm(Dm/C)
(blood on the leaves)
i just need to clear my mind now
Bb F
now i'm holdin' down the summer now
Bb Dm(Dm/C)
And all i want is what i can't buy now
Dm(Dm/C)
Cause i ain't got the money on me right now
(Bb)F
Bb F
Yeah i told you to wait
Bb Dm(Dm/C)
So i'm a need a little more time now
Dm(Dm/C)
Cause i ain't got the money on me right now
(Bb)F
Bb F
Yeah, i thought you could wait
Bb Gm
These bitches surroundin' me
A2
All want somethin' out me
Dm
Then they talk about me
F Bb
Would be lost without me
Bb
We could've been somebody
A2/G
Thought you'd be different 'bout it
Dm
Now i know you naughty
(hold)
Dm5 C5 Dm5
You could've been somebody
C5 Dm5
'Stead you had to tell somebody
Bb
Let's take it back to the first party
F Bb
When you tried your first molly
Dm5 C5 Dm5
And came out of your body
Dm5 C5 Dm5
And came out of your body
Bb
Running naked down the lobby
F Bb
And you was screamin' that you love me
Dm
Before the limelight tore ya
Dm
Before the limelight stole ya
Dm5
Remember we were so young
Am
When i would hold you
Bb F
Before the glory
F Bb
i know there ain't wrong with me
Bb A2/G Dm
(strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees)
Something strange is happening
Dm5 D#5
You could've been somethin'
Dm5 D#5
We could've, we could've been somebody
Dm5 D#5
Or was it all our first party
Am
When we tried our first molly
Dm5 D#5
And came out of our body
Dm5 D#5
And came out of our body
Dm5
Before they call lawyers
D#5
Before you tried to destroy us
Dm5 D#5
How you gon' lie to the lawyers?
Dm5 D#5
it's like i don't even know ya
Am
i gotta bring it back to the 'Nolia
Dm5 D#5
Fuck them other niggas cause i'm down with my niggas
Dm5 D#5
Fuck them other niggas cause i'm down with my niggas
Dm5 D#5
Fuck them other niggas cause i'm down with my niggas
Am
i ride with my niggas, i'll die for my...
Am
(repeat for the rap)
To all my second string bitches, trying to get a baby
Am
(x2)
(just go back to the original chord sequence)