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