Biography:
Billie Holiday (Eleanora Fagan Gough, Philadelphia, PA, April 7, 1915 – New York City, NY, July 17, 1959) was an American jazz singer and songwriter.
Nicknamed Lady Day by her loyal friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday was a highly original influence on jazz and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. Above all, she was admired for her deeply personal and intimate approach to singing.
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Other songs:
- A Sailboat In The Moonlight
- All Of Me
- Blue Moon
- Eazy Living
- Georgia On My Mind
- Gloomy Sunday
- God Bless The Child
- I Can't Give You Anything But Love
- I'll Be Seeing You
- Love Me Or Leave Me
- Stormy Weather
- Strange Fruit
- Them There Eyes
- They Can't Take That Away From Me
- Willow Weep For Me
- Aint Misbehavin
- Am I Blue
- Body And Soul
- Crazy He Calls Me
- Do Your Duty
- Dont Explain
- Easy Living
- Good Morning Heartache
- I Fall In Love Too Easily
- Ill Be Seeing You
- Im Gonna Lock My Heart And Throw Away The Key
- It Had To Be You
- Lover Man
- No Regrets
- Pennies From Heaven
- Summertime
- That Ole Devil Called Love
- The Man I Love
- Without Your Love
- You Dont Know What Love Is
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[Verse 1]
Cm Ab7 G7b9
Southern trees bear a strange fruit
Cm Ab7 G7b9
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Fm Dm7b5 G7b9
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
Cm Ab7 G7b9
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
[Verse 2]
Cm Ab7 G7b9
Pastoral scene of the gallant south
Cm Ab7 G7b9
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
Fm Dm7b5 G7b9
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh
Cm Ab7 G7b9
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh
[Verse 3]
Cm Ab7 G7b9
Here is fruit for the crows to pluck
Cm Ab7 G7b9
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
Fm Dm7b5 G7b9
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop
Cm Ab7 G7b9
Here is a strange and bitter crop
Cm Ab7 G7b9
Southern trees bear a strange fruit
Cm Ab7 G7b9
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Fm Dm7b5 G7b9
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
Cm Ab7 G7b9
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
[Verse 2]
Cm Ab7 G7b9
Pastoral scene of the gallant south
Cm Ab7 G7b9
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
Fm Dm7b5 G7b9
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh
Cm Ab7 G7b9
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh
[Verse 3]
Cm Ab7 G7b9
Here is fruit for the crows to pluck
Cm Ab7 G7b9
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
Fm Dm7b5 G7b9
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop
Cm Ab7 G7b9
Here is a strange and bitter crop
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