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