Bm Bm/A G Southern trees F#7 Bear strange fruit Bm Bm/A G Blood on the leaves G F#7 And blood at the roots Em Black bodies Bm Bm/A Swinging in the southern breeze G F#7 Strange fruit hangin' Bm Em/B Bm From the popular trees Bm/A G Pastoral scene F#7 Of the gallant south Em Them big bulging eyes And the twisted mouth Scent of magnolia C#m7(5-) F#7 Clean and fresh C#m7(5-) Then the sudden smell F#7 Of burnin' flesh Bm Bm/A Here is a fruit G F#7 For the crows to pluck Em C#m7(5-) For the rain to gather Bm Bm/A For the wind to suck Abm7(5-) G For the sun to rot F#7 Em For the leaves to drop Here is G F#7 Bm Strange and bitter crop