Intro: 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 interlúde: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