What key is "Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday in?

This ukulele tab is in the key of C Minor.

What ukulele chords does "Strange Fruit" use?

This tab uses these chords: Cm6, Dm7b5, G7, Cm, Ab7, Fm.

Is "Strange Fruit" a good ukulele song for beginners?

UkeBuddy rates this arrangement as Intermediate difficulty for ukulele.

Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday • Ukulele Chords

Strange Fruit chords
Billie Holiday

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Intro

^Cm6 ^Dm7b5 ^G7

Verse 1

^CmSouthern trees bear a ^Ab7strange ^G7fruit

^CmBlood on the leaves an^Ab7d blood ^G7at the root

^FmBlack bodies swinging in the ^Dm7b5southern ^G7breeze

^CmStrange fruit hanging ^Ab7from the^G7 poplar trees

Verse 2

^CmPastoral scene of the ^Ab7gallant ^G7south

^G7Here is fruit for the ^Ab7crows to^Cm pluck

^CmThe bulging eyes and t^Ab7he twist^G7ed mouth

^FmScent of magnolias, sweet and^Dm7b5 fresh ^G7

^CmThen the sudden smell ^Ab7of burni^G7ng flesh

Verse 3

^CmHere is fruit for the ^Ab7crows to^G7 pluck

^G7Scent of magnolias, sweet and^Dm7b5 fresh ^Fm

^CmFor the rain to gather^Ab7, for th^G7e wind to suck

^FmFor the sun to rot, for the t^Dm7b5rees to d^G7rop

^CmHere is a strange and ^Ab7bitter c^G7rop

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