Have You Heard The News Dewey Cox Died

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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
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Women start to faint, dark gray sky
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Simple wooden box, preacher asks, why

[chorus]
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Hey, have you heard the news?
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Dewey Cox died

[verse]
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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

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

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

[chorus]
Dm                      F
Hey, have you heard the news?
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Dewey Cox died... Why?
Dm                      F
Hey, have you heard the news?
               G
Dewey Cox died today
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            Dead


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