Capo 3 Intro: ACEFGFE Am Am/C Dm7 E E7 Southern trees bear a strange fruit Am Am/C Dm7 E E7 Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Dm7/A F F/E F F7 E Black bodies swingin' in the Southern breeze F E Am Asus2 Am/E Strange fruit hangin' from the populair trees Am ADm7 E E7 Pastoral scene of the gallant South Am AmDm7 E E7 The bulgin' eyes and the twisted mouth Dm7/A F F/E F7 E Scent of magnolias sweet and fresh F E Am Asus2 Am/E Then the sudden smell of burnin' flesh ACEFGFE Am Am/C Dm7 E E7 Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck Am Am/C Dm7 E E7 For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck Dm7/A Dm7FE F7 E For the sun to rot, for the tree to drop F E Am Asus2 Am/E Here is a strange and bitter crop Am Am/C Dm7 E E7 Southern trees bear a strange fruit Am Am/C Dm7 E E7 Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Dm7/A Dm7/Dm7FE F/E F7 E Black bodies swingin' in the Southern breeze F E Am Asus2 Am/E Strange fruit hangin' from the populair trees