Billie Holiday – Strange Fruit (Ukulele)

Capo 3
Key
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Versions (3)

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Chords

Am         Em7   Am  A9  Am     E7
Southern trees bear a strange fruit

Am               Em7           Am  A9  Am   E7
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root

Dm6           Fdim7                                E7
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze

Am                  Em7                 Asus  A9  Am
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
Am G E7 Am Em7 Am
Am          Em7          Am A9  Am    E7
Pastoral scene of the gallant south

    Am         Em7                Fdim7        E7
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth

Am              Em7 Dm6 Em7   A9   Am   E7
Smell of mag - nolia sweet And fresh

           Fdim7  Dm6         Fdim7        E7
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh

Am                F                Dm   Dm7  E7
Here is the fruit for the crows to pluck

           Am        E7                   Gdim7 F   E7
For the rain to gather for the wind to suck

Gm6        A         Amaj7        Gdim7 Fdim7 E7
For the sun to rot for the tree to drop

Am   A9 Am  E7   Dm6 Gm6   E7    Am
Here is a strange and bitter crop