Strange Fruit
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RockMedium for beginners6 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
Bm
A
G
F#Diagram coming soon
Em
E
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
Tuning: EADGBE (Piano arranged for guitar) Bm A G Southern trees F# Bearing strange fruit Bm A G Blood on the leaves F# And blood at the root Em Bm A Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze G F# Bm A G F# Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees Em Bm A G F# Pastoral scene of the gallow south Em E And the bulging eyes and the twisted mouth Bm A G F# The scent of magnolia sweet and fresh Em Bm A G F# Bm A G F# Then the sudden smell of burning flesh Bm A G F# Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck Em For the rain to gather Em For the wind to suck Em For the sun to rot Em Bm A G F# For the trees to drop Bm A G F# Bm Here is a strange and bitter crop Tabbed by Sexytom, (w/ corrections by Ludovic) Commentaires - corrections: civetom-at-hotmail.com
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Chord set
Bm · A · G · F# · Em · E
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.