Strange Fruit chords by Billie Holiday

verse 1
Cm                    Ab7     G7(9b)
Southern trees bear a strange fruit
Cm                    Ab7     G7(9b)
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Fm                           Dm7(5b)    G7(9b)
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
Cm                    Ab7     G7(9b)
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees

verse 2
Cm                    Ab7     G7(9b)
Pastoral scene of the gallant south
Cm                    Ab7     G7(9b)
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
Fm                           Dm7(5b)    G7(9b)
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh
Cm                    Ab7     G7(9b)
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh

verse 3
Cm                    Ab7     G7(9b)
Here is fruit for the crows to pluck
Cm                    Ab7     G7(9b)
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
Fm                           Dm7(5b)    G7(9b)
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop
Cm                    Ab7     G7(9b)
Here is a strange and bitter crop