C
G7
C
His picture was in all the papers
F
The late evening news did a special report
C
And swore that his memory would last
C7
F
Praising the life that he lived
C
Nashville is rough on the living
G7
C
But she really speaks well of the dead
G7
C
The wife that they interviewed cried
F
And the record producer who called him a hero
C
Is the one who wouldn’t answer his calls
C7
F
Bragging bout sharing his bed
C
They didn’t want him around when he’s living
G7
C
But he’s sure a good friend when he’s dead
F
C
They observed twenty seconds of silence
G7
C
At the Opry on Saturday night
F
C
And they’re searching the bars and the basements
D7
G7
For some souvenir of his life
C
G7
C
They’re planning a book for September
F
Any they’re selling the rights to the movie
C
And the Hall of Fame’s getting his boots
C7
F
That told how he suffered and bled
C
Nashville is rough on the living
G7
C
But she really speaks well of the dead
F
C
Yeah Nashville is rough on the living
G7
C
But she really speaks well of the dead
C
D7
C7
G7
F
