He Wont Ever Be Gone chords

[INTRO]
[D]

[VERSE 1]
[D]Got the news this morning
[D]Knew it'd be a tough day
[G]Some are so much larger than life
[D]You can't believe they could pass away

[PRE-CHORUS 1]
[A]When it comes to country [Bm]music he's the world [G]
And it [A]wouldn't be all it [Bm]is without Merle [G]

[CHORUS]
He won't ever be [D]gone
His [A]songs live on
[Em]A fugitive and a branded man
[G]Mama tried to understand
[Em]Left us a lifetime of [A]songs
And he won't ever be [D]gone

[VERSE 2]
[D]We were friends right from the start
[D]We shared some high times
[G]I would sing some songs he wrote
[D]He would sing a few of mine

[PRE-CHORUS 2]
[A]The music made us [Bm]brothers till the [G]end
[A]And not a day goes [Bm]by that I don't miss [G]him

[CHORUS 2]
[D]He won't ever be gone
His [A]songs live on
[Em]Ramblin' fever and the way I am
[G]Blue collar blues for the working man
[Em]We'll be singing him back home from now [A]on
He won't ever be [D]gone

[SOLO]
Bm | A | G | G |
Bm | A | G | G |

[CHORUS 3]
He won't ever be [D]gone
His [A]songs live on
[Em]A fugitive and a branded man
[G]Mama tried to understand
[Em]Left us a lifetime of [A]songs
And he won't ever be [D]gone
[Em]We'll be singing him back home from now [A]on
He won't ever be [D]gone