Reuben James chords by Jimmy Dean
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Verse 1
(C major) (D major) Ruben James,
in my song (A major) you live again (D major)
And the (G major) phrases that I rhyme (D major)
are just the (A major) footsteps out of time (D major)
For the (G major) time when I knew you, (D major)
Ruben (A major) (D major) James
Ruben James, all the folks around Madison
County (A major) cussed your name (D major)
Gents of (G major) no account,
sharecropping colored (D major) men
Who'd steal (A major) anything he can (D major)
And they al (G major) ways put the blame
(D major) on Reuben (A major) James (D major)
Reuben James,
(G major) you still walk the first field of my mind (D major)
The faded shirt, (G major) the weathered brow
The calloused hand (D major) upon the plow
Loved you then (C major) and I love you now
Reuben James (D major)
Floor of gray,
the gospel of Madison
County (A major) died with child (D major)
And although (G major) your skin was black (D major) ,
you was the (A major) one that
didn't turn your back (D major)
On a hungry (G major) white child with no name, (D major)
Reuben (A major) James (D major)
Reuben James,
with your mind on my soul
and the (A major) Bible in your right (A minor) hand (D major)
You said, (G major) turn the other cheek, (D major)
there's a (A major) better world waiting for the (D major) meek
In my (G major) mind these words remain (D major) from
Re (A major) uben James (D major)
Reuben James, (G major) you still walk
the furrowed fields of my mind (D major)
The faded shirt, (G major) the weathered brow,
the calloused hand (D major) upon the plow
Love you then (C major) and I love you now,
Reuben James (D major)
Reuben (E flat major) James, one dark Friday
they brought (B flat major) you from the field (E flat major)
And that lonely (A flat major) pine box
(E flat major) came just to (B flat major) preach her me and the rain (E flat major)
To sing (A flat major) one last refrain (E flat major)
for Reuben James
Reuben James,
(A flat major) you still walk the first field of my mind (E flat major)
The faded shirt, (A flat major) the weathered brow,
the Dallas hand (E flat major) upon the plow
Loved you then (C sharp major) and I love you now,
Reuben James (E flat major)
Ruben James
(A flat major)
Reuben James
Jimmy Dean
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