Reuben James chords by Kenny Rogers

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

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

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Verse 3

Reuben James,

for you still walk the furrowed field of my mind

Faded shirt, the weathered brow

The calloused hands upon the plow

I loved you then and I love you now,

Reuben James

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

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

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

Verse 7
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Reuben  (E flat major) Jame
One dark,
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cloudy day they brought  (B flat major) you from the field  (E flat major) 
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Until your  (A flat major) lonely  (E flat major) pinebox came
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Just a preacher  (B flat major) and me in the rain  (E flat major) 
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Just to sing  (A flat major) one last re (E flat major) frain
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for  (B flat major) Reuben James
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 (E flat major) 

Verse 8
Ab 
Reuben James,  (A flat major) 
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you still walk the furrowed field of my mind  (E flat major) 
Ab 
The faded shirt,  (A flat major) the weathered brow
Eb 
The calloused hands  (E flat major) upon the plow
Db 
I loved you then  (D flat major) and I love you now,
Reuben James
Eb 
 (E flat major) 

Verse 9
Ab 
Reuben James,  (A flat major) 
Eb 
you still walk the furrowed field of my mind  (E flat major) 
Ab 
The faded shirt,  (A flat major) the weathered brow
Eb 
The calloused hands  (E flat major) upon the plow
Db 
I loved you then  (D flat major) and I love you now,