Reuben James chords by The Kingston Trio
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Intro 1
(G major) (A minor) (G major) (D major)
(G major)
Verse 1
Have you (G major)
heard of the ship
Called the good (D major) Reuben (G major) James?
Run by hard fighting men
Both of (D major) honor and of fame (G major)
She flew the Stars and Stripes
Of the (C major) land of the free, (G major)
But tonight she's in her grave
At the (D major) bottom of the sea
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Verse 2
(G major) Oh, tell me, what were their names,
Tell me, (C major) what were their (A minor) names?
Did you (D major) have a friend on the
(G major) good Reuben James?
Verse 3
Oh, tell me, (G major) what were their names,
Tell me, (C major) what were their (A minor) names?
Did you (D major) have a friend on the
(G major) good Reuben James?
Verse 4
One (G major) hundred men went down
To their dark (A minor) and wa (D major) tery graves (G major)
When that good ship went down,
Only forty- (D major) four were saved (G major)
'Twas the last day of October
They saved (C major) forty- four (G major)
From the dark, icy water
Of that cold (A minor) Iceland (D major) shore
Verse 5
(G major) Oh, tell me, what were their names,
Tell me, (C major) what were their (A minor) names?
Did (D major) you have a friend on the
(G major) good Reuben James?
Verse 6
Oh, tell me, (G major) what were their names,
Tell me, (C major) what were their (A minor) names?
Did you (D major) have a friend on the
(G major) good Reuben James?
Verse 7
It was (G major) there in the dark
Of that cold (A minor) and wa (D major) tery night (G major)
They watched for the you- boats
And they (D major) waited for a fight (G major)
Then a whine and a rock
And a great (C major) ex (G major) plosion's roar
They lay the Reuben James
On that (D major) cold ocean floor (G major)
Verse 8
Oh, tell me, (G major) what were their names,
Tell me, (C major) what were their (A minor) names?
Did (D major) you have a friend on the
(G major) good Reuben James?
Verse 9
Oh, tell me, (G major) what were their names,
Tell me, (C major) what were their (A minor) names?
Did you (D major) have a friend on the (G major) good Reuben
Interlude 1
James?
(G major) (A minor) (D major) (G major) (A minor) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 10
(G major) Many years have passed
Since those (D major) brave men are (G major) gone
Those cold, icy waters,
They're still (D major) and they're calm (G major)
Many years have passed
And still (C major) I wonder (G major) why
The worst of men must fight
And the (D major) best of men must (G major) die!
Verse 11
Oh, tell me, (G major) what were their names,
Tell me, (C major) what were their names? (A minor)
Did you (D major) have a friend on the (G major) good
Reuben James?
Verse 12
Oh, tell me, (G major) what were their names,
Tell me, (C major) what were their names?
(A minor) Did (D major) you have a friend on
the (G major) good Reuben James?
Reuben James
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