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Version 1 Version 2Am6 Bm7-5 E7 Am6 Bm7-5 E7-5 Am6 F7 E7-9 Southern trees bear a stra-ange fru-it Am6 Am9 F7 E7-9 Blood on the leaves and blood at the roo-oot Dm7 Dm6 Dm7 E Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze Am Am9 Am Dm Am Strange fruit hanging from the pop lar trees Am6 Bm7-5 E7 Am6 Bm7-5 E7-9 Am Dm Dm6 Am Pastoral scene of the gallant sou-outh Am F9-5 Dm7 E7 The bulging eyes and the twisted mou-outh Am G F9 E9 Scent of mag-nolias, swee-eet and fre-esh Am Dm7 F9 E Then the sudden smell of burning flesh [Verse 3] Am F7 E Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck Dm7 Dm6 F E For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck Am Am/G# Am/G F9 E7-9 For the sun to rot, for the tree to dro o-op Am Am/G# Am/G F9 E7-9 Am Am(maj7) Here is a stra -ange and bitter cro -o-o-o -op