Reuben James Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Reuben James
In my [A]song you live [D]again
And [G]the phrases that I [D]rhyme
Are just the [A]footsteps out [D]of time
From [G]the time when I [D]knew you,
[A]Reuben [D]James

[Verse 2]
[D]
Reuben James
All the folks around Madison
[A]County cussed your [D]name
You're just a [G]no-account,
sharecropping [D]colored man
Who would [A]steal anything [D]he can
And [G]everybody laid the blame
[D]on Reu[A]ben James
[D]

[Verse 3]
Reuben [G]James,
for you still walk the furrowed field of my [D]mind
Faded [G]shirt, the weathered brow
The calloused [D]hands upon the plow
I loved you [C]then and I love you now,
Reuben James
[D]

[Verse 4]
[G]Flor[D]a Grey
The gossip of Madison
[A]County died with [D]child
And al[G]though your skin was [D]black
You were the [A]one that didn't
turn [D]your back
On the [G]hungry white child with [D]no name,
[A]Reuben James
[D]

[Verse 5]
Reuben James
With your mind on my soul and
[A]a Bible in your right [D]hand
You said [G]"turn the other [D]cheek
A-there's a a [A]better world
a-waiting for for the [D]meek"
In my [G]mind these words re[D]main
from [A]Reuben James
[D]

[Verse 6]
Reuben [G]James,
you still walk the furrowed field of my [D]mind
The faded [G]shirt, the weathered brow
The calloused [D]hands upon the plow
I loved you [C]then and I love you now,
Reuben James
[D]

[Verse 7]
[Eb]Reuben Jame
One dark,
cloudy day [Bb]they brought you from the [Eb]field
Until your [Ab]lonely [Eb]pinebox came
Just [Bb]a preacher and me in [Eb]the rain
Just [Ab]to sing one last re[Eb]frain
for [Bb]Reuben James
[Eb]

[Verse 8]
Reuben [Ab]James,
you still walk the furrowed field of my [Eb]mind
The faded [Ab]shirt, the weathered brow
The calloused [Eb]hands upon the plow
I loved you [Db]then and I love you now,
Reuben James
[Eb]

[Verse 9]
Reuben [Ab]James,
you still walk the furrowed field of my [Eb]mind
The faded [Ab]shirt, the weathered brow
The calloused [Eb]hands upon the plow
I loved you [Db]then and I love you now,

[Outro 1]
Reuben James
[Eb][Bb]