Chords for Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit (1945, live)

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151.875 bpm
Chords used:

F

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Gb

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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit (1945, live) chords
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And now I'd like to sing a tune it was written especially for me is titled strange
[Bbm] [Gb]
[F] [Bbm]
[Db] [F]
[Bbm]
Trees
[Gb] Bear [Bb]
strange
[F] Fruit
[Fm] Blood on the leaves
and
[Gm] blood at [Gb] the [F] Roof
[Ebm]
Black bodies swinging in the south
[A] [Db] Breeze
[Fm] Strange [Ab]
fruit [G] hanging [B] [Bbm] from [Ebm] the poplar trees
[F] [Bbm]
Pastoral [F] scene of [Bbm] the
[F] Sound the [Dbm] bulging [Fm] eyes
[G] And the [C] twisted [F] mouth
Sin [Bbm] of Magnolia
[B] [Fm] Sweet and
[Ebm]
fresh
Then [Db] the sudden [Bbm] smell of
[C] Burning flesh
[F]
[F] Here is [Bbm] a fruit
For the [Gb] crows to [F] plug
[Fm]
[B] for [Ebm] the rain together
For the wind to [A] suck
For [Db] the Sun to rise
for [Fm] the tree
[Bm]
to
[Bb] Dry
[F]
Here [Bbm] is a strange and
[Gb]
[F] Bitter
[Bb] [Bbm]
[G]
[N]
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Fm
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Gb
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Db
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F
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Bbm
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Fm
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And now I'd like to sing a tune it was written especially for me _ is titled strange _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Trees
_ [Gb] Bear _ [Bb]
strange
_ _ _ [F] _ _ Fruit
_ _ _ [Fm] Blood on the leaves _ _ _ _ _
and
[Gm] blood at [Gb] the _ [F] Roof
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm]
Black bodies swinging _ _ _ _ _ in the _ _ south
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Db] Breeze _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ Strange [Ab] _
fruit [G] hanging _ _ [B] _ [Bbm] from [Ebm] the poplar _ _ trees _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Pastoral _ [F] _ scene _ _ _ of [Bbm] the _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] Sound _ the _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ bulging [Fm] _ _ eyes
_ [G] _ And the [C] twisted _ [F] _ mouth _
_ Sin [Bbm] of _ Magnolia
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] Sweet _ _ and
_ _ [Ebm] _
fresh
_ _ _ Then [Db] the sudden _ [Bbm] _ _ smell _ of
[C] _ _ Burning _ _ flesh
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[F] Here is [Bbm] a fruit _
_ _ For the [Gb] _ crows _ to [F] plug
_ [Fm] _ _
_ [B] for [Ebm] the rain _ together
_ _ _ _ For the _ wind to _ [A] suck _
_ _ For [Db] the Sun to _ rise
_ _ _ for [Fm] the tree
_ _ _ [Bm] _
to
_ _ [Bb] Dry _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
Here _ _ _ [Bbm] is a _ _ strange _ _ _ and
[Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] Bitter _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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