Jeff Buckley – Strange Fruit (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
         F#m7 G#7               C#m7  G#7 C#m
Southern trees   bear a strange fruit

             F#m7 G#7                C#m7  G#7 C#m
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root

             F#m7   G#7               C#m7  G#7 C#m
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze

              F#m7  G#7               C#m7  G#7 C#m
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
[Verse 2]
         F#m7 G#7#5              C#m7  G#7 C#m
Pastoral scene   of the gallant south

            F#m7 G#7              C#m7  G#7 C#m
The bulging eyes  and the twisted mouth

Bmaj7    Amaj7      G#maj7
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh

                Amaj7            G#maj7
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh
[Verse 3]
        F#m7 G#7#5              C#m7  G#7 C#m
Here is fruit for the crows to pluck

                F#m7  G#7                 C#m7  G#7 C#m
For the rain to gather,   for the wind to suck

               F#m7 G#7                C#m7
For the sun to rot,   for the trees to drop

          Amaj7      G#maj7   C#m7
Here is a strange and bitter crop