Key: G
Introduction:
Cm Ab7
Southern trees bear a strange fruit
Cm Ab7
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Fm Dm7(b5)
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
Cm Ab7
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
Cm Ab7
Pastoral scene of the gallant south
Cm Ab7
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
Fm Dm7(b5)
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh
Cm Ab7
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh
Cm Ab7
Here is fruit for the crows to pluck
Cm Ab7
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
Fm Dm7(b5)
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop
Cm Ab7
Here is a strange and bitter crop