Lyrics are in the DT (CLICK HERE). The chords given below may not be those of Josh White's version.

STRANGE FRUIT

[Cm]Southern trees bear a [G+]strange [G7]fruit,
[Cm]Blood on the leaves and [G7]blood on the root,
[Abdim]Black body swinging in the [Ddim]Southern [G7]breeze,
[Cm]Strange fruit [G7(D)]hanging from the [Fm]poplar [Cm]trees.
[Cm-G7-Cm](hum---)

[Cm]Pastoral [G7(D)]scenes of the [Cm]gallant South,
The [Cm]bulging [Dm7b5]eyes and the [G7b9]twisted [G7]mouth,
[Cm]Scent of mag-[G7]nolia [Cm]sweet and [G7]fresh,
And the [Fdim]sudden [Ddim]smell of [Bdim]burning [G7b9]flesh.[G]

[Cm]Here is a [Cm7(Bb)]fruit for the [Ab9]crows to [G7b9]pluck,
[G7]For the [Fdim]rain to [Bb7(Ab)]gather, for the [Bdim]wind to suck,
For the [Cm]sun to rot, for a [Bb9(D)]tree to [Bb7]drop,
[Cm-G7](hum---)
[Cm]Here is a strange and [G7]bitter [Db6/9]crop.
[Cm-G7-Cm](hum---)

(b=flat)

(From Tom Glazer, Songs of Peace, Freedom, and Protest, David McKay Co., 1970, pp. 294-296)

~Masato