Key: G major•
Verse 1
G
Cm
C
Last night I heard Josh White playin'
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Cm
C
Am
From somewhere on the other side
Em
In an orchard full of strange fruit hangin'
till his fingers bled
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G
C
Now he's part of the Heavenly Choir
Am
F
Where all of the poor restless
Am
F
G
Am
Ain't that a Heavenly Choir?
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Em
G
C
G
Ain't that a hell of a sound
G
Cm
C
So lonesome he could cry
Am
Em
Tellin' of ways that life can hurt ya
Am
Em
Tellin' of women who love
and desert ya
Like a poor whippoorwill
F
G
C
Now he's part of the heavenly choir
Am
F
Where all of the poor
restless souls
G
F
G
C
Am
Ain't that a heavenly choir?
G
C
G
Ain't that a hell of a sound?
Am
Em
Tellin' of trials that soon she'll end
start cookin' fast
And if I can't sing lead,
Verse 2
F
G
Now she's part of the heavenly,
Verse 3
restless souls
C
Am
can be found
F
G
Ain't that a heavenly choir
Am
Verse 4
G
Em
C
Ain't that a hell of a sound
Sing it again, part of the heavenly choir.
F
G
Part of the heavenly choir
C
F
Where all of the poor
G
C
restless souls can be found
F
G
Em
Am
Ain't that a heavenly choir
G
Em
G
B
Ain't that a hell of a sound
G
C
Ain't that a hell of a sound
Oh, oh, oh.
Yeah! Woo! Woo!
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