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