Key: G major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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in my song you'll live again
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And the phrases that I rhyme are
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just the footsteps out of time
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you Reuben James
Hey Reuben James all the folks around
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Madison Caunty cussed your name
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Just a no count of colored man who'd
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on Reuben James
Hey Flora Gray well the gossip of Madison
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County died with the child
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And although your skin was black you
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were the one who didn't turn your back
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no name Reuben James
Hey Reuben James with your mind on my
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soul and Bible in your right hand
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You said turn the other cheek there's
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a better world waitin' for the meek
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main from Reuben James
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Hey Reuben James you still walk...
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Oh Reuben James one cold dark day
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they brought you from the fields
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And that lonely pinebox came just a
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preacher me and the rain
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To sing one last refrain for Reuben James
Outro 1
walk...
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD G C F
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