Stranger Fruit

Billie Holiday

R&B / SoulAdvanced for beginners14 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

BDiagram coming soon

Em7

A9Diagram coming soon

FdimDiagram coming soon

Asus4Diagram coming soon

Am7

Dm7Diagram coming soon

GdimDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              Lewis Allen 
Tom: Lá menor (Am) 
Introdução: Am  G/B E7  Am Em7  Am Am  G/B E7  Am Em7  Am  
 
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  
Bm5-/7          E7/9-          Fdim       E7 
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze 
Am            Em7             Asus4  A9  Am 
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. 
Piano interlude: Am  G/B E7  Am Em7  Am  
Am       Em7          Am A9  Am    E7 
Pastoral scene of the gallant    south  
    Am      Em7          Fdim     E7 
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth; 
Am             Em7 Bm5-/7 Em7   A9   Am   E7 
Smell of magnolia,          sweet and fresh,      
        E7/9-  Bm5-/7       Fdim     E7 
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh. 
Am          Am7+          Dm   Dm7  E7 
Here is the fruit for the crows to pluck, 
        Am       E7             Gdim F   E7 
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck, 
Em5-/7    A      A7M          Gdim Fdim E7   
For   the sun to rot, for the tree  to drop, 
Am   A9 Am  E7   Bm5-/7 Em5-/7  E7    Am 
Here is a strange  and    bitter     crop.

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Chord set

Am · G · B · E7 · Em7 · A9 · Fdim · Asus4 · Am7 · Dm · Dm7 · Gdim · F · A

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.