Boxcar Willie - The day elvis died

^CI know why you cried the ^Fday Elvis ^Cdied When Hank was called away ^D7I cried all that ^G7day

Every^Cbody needs a rainbow that ^Fthey can look up ^Cto What Hank meant to me ^G7Elvis meant to ^Cyou

So let your tears run down ^Fdon't you run and ^Chide

I know why you cried ^G7the day Elvis ^Cdied

Well all of my life I've ^Fheard the Lovesick ^CBlues And all of your life you were ^D7raised on Blue Suede ^G7Shoes

The ^CKing of Country Music and the ^FKing of Rock and ^CRoll Their songs warmed our hearts their ^G7music touched our ^Csouls

So let your tears run down and ^Fdon't you run and ^Chide I know why you cried ^G7the day Elvis ^Cdied

I know why you cried ^G7the day Elvis ^Cdied