| 1 | |
| His Picture Was in all the Papers |
| They Said that a Legend had Passed |
| 4 | |
| The | Late Evenin' News did a Special Report |
| 1 | |
| Swore that his Mem'ry would | Last |
| 1 | |
| They're Playin' his Records all Weekend |
| 4 | |
| Praisin' the Life that he | Led |
| 1 | |
| Nashville Is Rough On The | Living |
| 5 | 1 | |
| But She | Really Speaks Well of the | Dead |
| cbords same as above |
| The Wife that they Interviewed, Cryin' |
| Is the Same One who Left him last Fall |
| And the Record Producer who Called him a Hero |
| Is the One Who wouldn't Answer his Call |
| The Ladies, they Sit over Coffee |
| Braggin' 'bout Sharin' his Bed |
| They didn't Want him Around when he's Livin' |
| But he's Sure a Good Friend when he's Dead |
| BRIDGE: |
| 4 | 5 | 1 | |
| They Ob- | -served Twenty | Seconds of | Silence |
| 5 | 1 | |
| At the | Opry on Saturday | Night |
| 4 | 1 | |
| And they're | Searchin' the Bars and the | Basements |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 3m | 2m | |
| For | Some Souvenir of his | Life |
| cbords same as first part |
| They're Plannin' a Book for September |
| Showin' his Plain Country Roots |
| And they're Sellin the Rights to the Movie |
| And the Hall of Fame's Gettin' his Boots |
| At the Funeral Somebody Recited a Poem |
| That Told How he Suffered and Bled |
| Nashville Is Rough On The Living |
| But She Really Speaks Well of the Dead |
| TAG: |
| 4 | 1 | |
| YEA!, | Nashville Is Rough On The | Living |
| 5 | 1 | |
| But She | Really Speaks Well of the | Dead |
| Note. Transcribed lyrics and chords by K5UYB & ZOOMER |