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_ _ _ _ Dr.
News this morning _ _ _ knew it'd be a tough day.
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G _ Some are so much larger than life,.
D you can't believe they could pass away.
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A When it comes to
Bm country music, he's the
G world.
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A And it wouldn't be all
Bm it is without
G Monroe.
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That he
Bm won't ever
D be gone.
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A _ His songs live on.
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Em _ _ Fugitive and a branded man.
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G _ Mama tried to understand.
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Em _ Left us a lifetime
A song.
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That he won't ever
D be gone.
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_ _ _ _ We were friends right from the start.
_ We shared some high times.
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G _ I would sing some songs he wrote.
D He would sing a few of mine.
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A _ Music made us
Bm brothers till the
G end.
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A Not a day goes
Bm by that I don't
G miss him.
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_ He won't ever
D be gone.
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_ _ _
A His songs live on.
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Em _ _ Rampant fever and the way I am.
G Blue collar blues for the working man.
Em _ We'll be singing back home from
A now on.
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That he won't ever
Bm be gone.
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A _ _ _ _
G _ _ _ _ .
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Bm _ _ _ _ .
A _ _ _ _
G _ _ _ _ .
He won't ever
D be gone.
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A His _ songs live on.
_ _
Em A fugitive and a branded man.
G _ Mama tried to understand.
_
Em _ Left us a lifetime _
A song.
_ _ .
That he won't ever
D be gone.
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Em We'll be singing him
D back home from
G now on.
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_ He won't ever
D be gone.
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