Intro)
[Bb]Strange fruit h[A7]angin' [Dm]from the poplar trees[Am][Dm]
[Dm]Blood on the leaves
(Verse 1)
[Dm]I just need to clear my [F]mind now
It's been racin' since the [Bb]summertime
Now I'm holdin' down the summer [A7]now
And all I want is what I can't buy [Dm]now
Cause I ain't got the money on me [F]right now
And I told you to [Bb]wait
Yeah I told you to [A7]wait
So I'mma need a little more time [Dm]now
Cause I ain't got the money on me right [F]now
And I thought you could [Bb]wait
Yeah, I thought you could [A7]wait
These bches surroundin' [Bb]me
[A7]All want something out [Dm]me
Then they talk about [Am]me[Dm]
Would be lost without [Bb]me
We could've been somebo[A7]dy
Thought you'd be different 'bout[Dm] it
Now I know you n[Am]ot [Dm]it
So let's get on with it
(Verse 2)
[Dm]We could've been somebody
[F]'stead you had to tell somebody
[Bb]Let's take it back to the first party
[A7]When you tried your first molly
[Dm]And came out of your body
[F]And came out of your body
[Bb]Running naked down the lobby
[A7]And you was screamin' that you love me
[Dm]Before the limelight tore ya
[F]Before the limelight stole ya
[Bb]Remember we were so young
[A7]When I would hold you
[Dm]Before the blood on the l[F]eaves
[Bb]I know there ain't wrong with m[A7]e
Something s[G]trange is h[Dm]appenin'
[Gm] [Dm]
(Verse 3)
[Dm]You could've been somebody
[F]We could've ugh, we could've been somebody
[Bb]Or was it on the first party
[A7]When we tried our first molly
[Dm]And came out of our body
[F]And came out of our body
[Bb]Before they call lawyers
[A7]Before you tried to destroy us
[Dm]How you gon' lie to the la[F]wyer?
[Bb]It's like I don't even know[A7] ya
[Bb]Strange fruit h[A7]angin' [Dm]from the poplar trees[Am][Dm]
[Dm]Blood on the leaves
(Verse 1)
[Dm]I just need to clear my [F]mind now
It's been racin' since the [Bb]summertime
Now I'm holdin' down the summer [A7]now
And all I want is what I can't buy [Dm]now
Cause I ain't got the money on me [F]right now
And I told you to [Bb]wait
Yeah I told you to [A7]wait
So I'mma need a little more time [Dm]now
Cause I ain't got the money on me right [F]now
And I thought you could [Bb]wait
Yeah, I thought you could [A7]wait
These bches surroundin' [Bb]me
[A7]All want something out [Dm]me
Then they talk about [Am]me[Dm]
Would be lost without [Bb]me
We could've been somebo[A7]dy
Thought you'd be different 'bout[Dm] it
Now I know you n[Am]ot [Dm]it
So let's get on with it
(Verse 2)
[Dm]We could've been somebody
[F]'stead you had to tell somebody
[Bb]Let's take it back to the first party
[A7]When you tried your first molly
[Dm]And came out of your body
[F]And came out of your body
[Bb]Running naked down the lobby
[A7]And you was screamin' that you love me
[Dm]Before the limelight tore ya
[F]Before the limelight stole ya
[Bb]Remember we were so young
[A7]When I would hold you
[Dm]Before the blood on the l[F]eaves
[Bb]I know there ain't wrong with m[A7]e
Something s[G]trange is h[Dm]appenin'
[Gm] [Dm]
(Verse 3)
[Dm]You could've been somebody
[F]We could've ugh, we could've been somebody
[Bb]Or was it on the first party
[A7]When we tried our first molly
[Dm]And came out of our body
[F]And came out of our body
[Bb]Before they call lawyers
[A7]Before you tried to destroy us
[Dm]How you gon' lie to the la[F]wyer?
[Bb]It's like I don't even know[A7] ya
