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