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Have You Heard The News Dewey Cox Died

by Dewey Cox

Biography:

Dewey Cox (1936 - 2007) was a fictional American singer-songwriter, played in the movie Walk Hard by actor and singer John C. Reilly.

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[intro]
F C F C

[verse]
F
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

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

[verse]
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

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

[verse]
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

[chorus]
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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