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