Intro F-C-F-C 

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Long black hearse, clear blue sky 
C 
Preacher says his words, grown men cry 
F 
Women start to faint, dark gray sky 
C 
Simple wooden box, preacher asks, why 

Dm                      F 
Hey, have you heard the news? 
              Bb 
Dewey Cox died 

F 
Put him in the ground, start to shovel dirt 
C 
Grown men turn away, cannot bear the hurt 
F 
You fell out of a tree, fell upon his head 
C 
Rushed him to a hospital, there pronounced dead 

Dm                      F 
Hey, have you heard the news? 
              Bb 
Dewey Cox died 
Dm               F                 Bb 
No, say it isn't so, Dewey Cox died 

F 
Flowers everywhere, children cry 
C 
Guitar on the ground, God himself asks why 
F 
Long black hearse, clear blue sky 
C 
Preacher says his words, grown men cry 

Dm                      F 
Hey, have you heard the news? 
              Bb 
Dewey Cox died... Why? 
Dm                      F 
Hey, have you heard the news? 
               G 
Dewey Cox died today 
Bb       A        Dm 
            Dead 



    
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