The sinking of the reuben james Chords

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[Intro 1]
[G][C][G]

[Verse 1]
[D]On [G]Oct. 31st 1941 the Uni[C]ted
[G]States destroyer Reuben [D]James,
sailing in the waters [G]west of Iceland,
was attacked torpedoed and sunk
[C]without [G]warning.

[Verse 2]
95 lives [G]were lost in [C]this [G]1st U.S. warship
[D]to go down in the [G]2nd World War.

[Verse 3]
[G]What were their names tell me
[C]what were their [Am]names?
Did [D]you have a friend on the
[G]good Re[C]uben James?
[G]

[Verse 4]
Have you heard [C]of a [G]ship called
the [D]good Reuben [G]James?
Manned by hard [C]fighting [G]men
both of [D]honor and of [G]fame.
She flew the Stars and Stripes
for the [C]land of the [G]free,
but tonight she's in [C]her [G]grave
at the [D]bottom of the sea.
[G]

[Verse 5]
Tell me, what were their names tell me,
[C]what were their [Am]names?
Did [D]you have a friend on the
[G]good Re[C]uben [D]James?
[G]What were their names tell me
[C]what were their [Am]names?
Did [D]you have a friend on the
[G]good [C]Reuben [G]James?

[Verse 6]
It was [G]there [C]in the [G]dark of
that [D]uncertain [G]night.
That we watched for the U- boats
and [D]waited for the [G]fight.
Then a whine and a rock and a
[C]great ex[G]plosion's roar.
And they lay the [C]Re uben [G]James
on that [D]cold ocean [G]floor.

[Verse 7]
Tell me, [G]what were their names tell
me [C]what were their [Am]names?
Did [D]you have a friend on the
[G]good Reuben [D]James?
[G]What were their names, tell me,
[C]what were their [Am]names?
Did [D]you have a friend on the
[G]good Re[C]uben [G]James?

[Verse 8]
[G]Many [C]years have [G]passed since
these [D]brave men are [G]gone.
Those cold [C]icy [G]waters now
are [D]still and are [G]gone.
Many years have passed but
[C]still I wonder [G]why
the worst of men must fight and
the [D]best of men must die!
[G]

[Verse 9]
Tell me, what were their names,
tell me [C]what were their [Am]names?
Did [D]you have a friend on the
[G]good Re[C]uben [D]James?
[G]What were their [C]names,
tell [Am]me, what were their [D]names?
Did you have a friend on the
[G]good Re[C]uben [G]James?