Strange Fruit Uke tab by Nina Simone

10 Chords used in the song: Bm, Em, F#, D, Em7, G, A, C#m, G#m, F#m

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Difficulty: 
4.5
(Intermediate)
Key: BmChords
Bm chordBm          Em chordEm
Southern trees
Em chordEm F# chordF#
Bear strange fruit
Bm chordBm D chordD
Blood on the leaves
Em chordEm F# chordF#
And blood at the roots
Em chordEm
Black bodies
Em7 chordEm7 Bm chordBm D chordD
Swinging in the southern breeze


G chordG F# chordF#
Strange fruit hangin'
Bm chordBm Em chordEm Bm chordBm
From the poplar trees
D chordD
Pastoral scene
A chordA F# chordF#
Of the gallant south
Em chordEm G chordG
Them big bulging eyes
A chordA Em chordEm G chordG Em7 chordEm7 F# chordF#
And the twisted mouth


C#m chordC#m
Scent of magnolia
F# chordF#
Clean and fresh
Em chordEm
Then the sudden smell
F# chordF#
Of burnin' flesh


Bm chordBm D chordD
Here is a fruit
G chordG F# chordF#
For the crows to pluck
Em chordEm Em7 chordEm7
For the rain to gather
Bm chordBm D chordD
For the wind to suck
G chordG G#m chordG#m G chordG
For the sun to rot
F#m chordF#m F# chordF# Em chordEm
For the leaves to drop
A chordA
Here is
G chordG F# chordF# Bm chordBm Em chordEm A chordA Bm chordBm
Strange and bitter crop

Uke tab by , 24 Mar 2020

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