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