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Strange Fruit

by Billie Holiday · tab for chromatic harmonica

No bends109 notesHoles 4–9Chromatic
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4 = blow hole 4-4 = draw hole 4’ = bend< = slide in
Southern trees bear a strange fruit,
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black body swinging in the southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.
Pastoral- scene of the gallant south,
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,
Scent of magnolia---, sweet and fresh,
And the sudden smell of burning flesh.
Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck,
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
For the sun to rot, for a tree to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter crop.