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