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
Bm D
Hey, have you heard the news?
G
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
Bm D
Hey, have you heard the news?
G
Dewey Cox died
Bm D G
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
Bm D
Hey, have you heard the news?
G
Dewey Cox died... Why?
Bm D
Hey, have you heard the news?
E
Dewey Cox died today
G F# Bm
Dead
Simplified Melody:
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