Reuben James Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][Am][G][C][D]
[C][D][C][F][C]
[D][C]

[Verse 1]
Have you [C]heard
of a ship called [G]the good Reuben [C]James
Manned by hard fighting men
both of [G]honor and [C]fame?
She flew the Stars and Stripes
of the [F]land of [C]the free
But tonight she's in her grave
on the [G]bottom of [C]the sea

[Verse 2]
Tell me [C]what were their names,
tell me [F]what were their names
Did [G]you have a friend on the
[C]good Reuben James?
What were their names, tell me,
[F]what were their names?
Did [G]you have a friend on the
[C]good Reuben James

[Verse 3]
[C]
Well, a hundred men went down
in that [G]dark watery [C]grave
When that good ship went down only
[G]forty- four [C]were saved
That was the last day of October
[F]we saved the forty- [C]four
From the cold ocean waters
[G]and the cold icy [C]shore

[Verse 4]
Tell me what were their [C]names,
tell me [F]what were their names
Did [G]you have a friend on
[C]the good Reuben James?
What were their names, tell me,
[F]what were their names?
Did [G]you have a friend on
the [C]good Reuben James

[Verse 5]
[C]
It was there in the dark of
that [G]uncertain [C]night
That we watched for the you-
boats and [G]waited for [C]a fight
Then a whine and a rock and
a great explosion roared
And they laid the Reuben James
on that [G]cold ocean [C]floor

[Verse 6]
Tell me what were their [C]names,
tell me [F]what were their names
Did [G]you have a friend on the
[C]good Reuben James?
What were their names, tell me,
[F]what were their names?
Did [G]you have a friend on the
[C]good Reuben James

[Verse 7]
Now [C]tonight there are lights
in our [G]country so [C]bright
In the farms and in the cities
they're [G]telling of the [C]fight
And now our mighty battleships
will [F]steam the bounding [C]main
And remember the name of
that [G]good Reuben [C]James

[Verse 8]
Tell me [C]what were their names,
tell me [F]what were their names
Did [G]you have a friend on the
[C]good Reuben James?
What were their names, tell me,
[F]what were their names?
Did [G]you have a friend on the
[C]good Reuben James
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