Reuben James chords by Scott Walker
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Verse 1
(D major) Reuben James,
in my song (A major) you live again
(D major)
Verse 2
And the phrases (G major) that I rhyme (D major)
Are just footsteps (A major) (G major) out of time (D major)
From the time (G major) when I first knew (D major)
you (A major) Reuben James (D major)
Reuben James all the folks
around Madison County (A major)
Cursed your name (D major)
Just a (G major) no- account share-
(D major) croppin colored man
Who would steal (A major) anything (G major) he can
(D major) And they (G major) always laid the blame
(D major) on Re (A major) uben (D major) James
Reuben James, (G major)
you still walk the furrowed fields of my mind
(D major)
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Verse 3
The faded shirt,
(G major) the weathered brow
The calloused hand (D major) upon the plough
I loved you then (C major) and I love you
now Reuben (D major) James
Flora Gray, the gossip of Madison
County (A major) died with a child (D major)
And although (G major) your skin was (D major) black
It was you (A major) that didnt turn your back (D major)
On a hungry (G major) white child with no (D major) name,
Re (A major) uben (D major) James
Reuben (A major) James,
(D major) with your mind on my soul
And the (A major) Bible in your right hand (D major)
You said turn (G major) the other cheek (D major)
A better world (A major) is a- waiting (G major) for the (D major) meek
In my (G major) head those words remain (D major)
from Reuben James
Reuben James, (G major) you still walk the
furrowed fields of my mind
(D major)
Verse 4
The faded shirt, (G major) the weathered brow
The calloused hand (D major) upon the plough
I loved you then (C major) and I love you now
Reuben (D major) James (G major) (D major)
Reuben James (E flat major) one dark
cloudy day
They brought (B flat major) you from the fields (E flat major)
And to your (A flat major) lonely pine box (E flat major) came
Just a (B flat major) preacher, me (A flat major) and the rain (E flat major)
To sing (A flat major) one last refrain (E flat major)
for (B flat major) Reuben James (E flat major)
Reuben James, (A flat major)
you still walk the furrowed fields of my mind
(E flat major)
Verse 5
The faded shirt,
(A flat major) the weathered brow
The calloused hand (E flat major) upon the plough
I loved you then (D flat major) and I love you now (E flat major)
(E major) (E flat major) Reuben James
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(A flat major) (E flat major) (A flat major)
(E flat major) (D flat major)
Reuben James
Scott Walker
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