title: Strange Fruitkey: Jazzharp type: Chromaticgenre: Cskill: Beginner Tabbed for C Tenor 5 5 5 5 5 <-5 -5Southern trees bear a strange fruit,5 5 5 5 5 -5 -5 -5 -5Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,-5 -5 -5 -6 -6 -6 -6 <7 <7 7Black body swinging in the southern breeze,5 5 -4 -4 -4 -4 5 5 5Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.<-9 9 <-9 -9 -8 -9 8 7 7Pastoral- scene of the gallant south,-4 4 4 4 4 4 -5 -5 -5The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,<-9 9 <-9 -9 -8 -9 -8 <-7 7Scent of magnolia---, sweet and fresh,-5 -5 -5 -5 -6 -6 7 7 -8And the sudden smell of burning flesh.5 5 5 5 5 5 <-5 <-5 -5Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck,-5 -5 -5 -5 -6 -6 -6 -6 <7 <7 7For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,7 7 7 7 7 7 7 <-7 <-7 -7For the sun to rot, for a tree to drop,5 5 5 5 5 <-5 -5 7Here is a strange and bitter crop.