Artist/Band: Billie Holiday Tabs
Song: Strange Fruit Tab
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Southern trees bear a strange fruit
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Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
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Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
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Strange fruit hanging from the pop - lar trees.
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Pastoral scene of the gal - lant south --
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The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth;
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Smell of mag - no - li - a, sweet And fresh,
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Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.
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Here is the fruit for the crows to pluck,
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For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
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For the sun to rot, for the tree to drop,
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Here is a strange and bit - ter crop.
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