Intro
G D G D
[verse]
G
Long black hearse, clear blue sky
D
Preacher says his words, grown men cry
G
Women start to faint, dark gray sky
D
Simple wooden box, preacher asks, why
Em G
Hey, have you heard the news?
C
Dewey Cox died
[verse]
G
Put him in the ground, start to shovel dirt
D
Grown men turn away, cannot bear the hurt
G
You fell out of a tree, fell upon his head
D
Rushed him to a hospital, there pronounced dead
Em G
Hey, have you heard the news?
C
Dewey Cox died
Em G C
No, say it isn't so, Dewey Cox died
[verse]
G
Flowers everywhere, children cry
D
Guitar on the ground, God himself asks why
G
Long black hearse, clear blue sky
D
Preacher says his words, grown men cry
Em G
Hey, have you heard the news?
C
Dewey Cox died... Why?
Em G
Hey, have you heard the news?
A
Dewey Cox died today
C B Em
Dead
Simplified Melody:
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