Reuben James

Reuben James easy guitar chords by The Kingston Trio

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  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Have 
    you 

    heard 
    of 
    the ship 

    Called 
    the good 
    Reuben 
    James? 

    Run 
    by 
    hard 
    fighting 
    men 

    Both 
    of 
    honor 
    and 
    of fame 

    She 
    flew 
    the 
    Stars 
    and Stripes 

    Of 
    the 
    land 
    of 
    the free, 

    But 
    tonight 
    she's 
    in her 
    grave 

    At the 
    bottom 
    of 
    the sea 

    Verse 2
    Oh, tell 
    me, 
    what 
    were 
    their 
    names, 

    Tell 
    me, 
    what 
    were 
    their 
    names? 

    Did you 
    have 
    a friend 
    on 
    the 

    good 
    Reuben 
    James? 

    Verse 3
    Oh, tell 
    me, 
    what 
    were 
    their 
    names, 

    Tell 
    me, 
    what 
    were 
    their 
    names? 

    Did you 
    have 
    a friend 
    on 
    the 

    good 
    Reuben 
    James? 

    Verse 4
    One 
    hundred 
    men 
    went 
    down 

    To their 
    dark 
    and wa
    tery 
    graves 

    When 
    that 
    good 
    ship 
    went 
    down, 

    Only forty- 
    four 
    were saved 

    'Twas 
    the last 
    day of 
    October 

    They saved 
    forty- 
    four 

    From 
    the 
    dark, 
    icy 
    water 

    Of 
    that cold 
    Iceland 
    shore 

    Verse 5
    Oh, tell 
    me, 
    what 
    were 
    their 
    names, 

    Tell 
    me, 
    what 
    were 
    their 
    names? 

    Did 
    you 
    have 
    a friend 
    on 
    the 

    good 
    Reuben 
    James? 

    Verse 6
    Oh, tell 
    me, 
    what 
    were 
    their names, 

    Tell 
    me, 
    what 
    were 
    their 
    names? 

    Did you 
    have 
    a friend 
    on 
    the 

    good 
    Reuben 
    James? 

    Verse 7
    It 
    was 
    there 
    in 
    the dark 

    Of 
    that cold 
    and wa
    tery 
    night 

    They 
    watched 
    for 
    the you- 
    boats 

    And 
    they 
    waited 
    for 
    a fight

    Then 
    whine 
    and 
    rock 

    And 
    a great 
    ex
    plosion's roar 

    They 
    lay 
    the 
    Reuben 
    James 

    On that 
    cold 
    ocean 
    floor 

    Verse 8
    Oh, tell 
    me, 
    what 
    were 
    their 
    names, 

    Tell 
    me, 
    what 
    were 
    their 
    names? 

    Did 
    you 
    have 
    a friend 
    on 
    the 

    good 
    Reuben 
    James? 

    Verse 9
    Oh, tell 
    me, 
    what 
    were 
    their names, 

    Tell 
    me, 
    what 
    were 
    their 
    names? 

    Did you 
    have 
    a friend 
    on 
    the 
    good 
    Reuben 

    Interlude 1
    James? 



    Verse 10

    Many 
    years 
    have 
    passed 

    Since 
    those 
    brave 
    men 
    are 
    gone 

    Those 
    cold, 
    icy 
    waters, 

    They're still 
    and 
    they're calm 

    Many 
    years 
    have 
    passed 

    And still 
    I wonder 
    why 

    The worst 
    of men 
    must 
    fight 

    And 
    the 
    best 
    of 
    men 
    must 
    die! 

    Verse 11
    Oh, 
    tell 
    me, 
    what 
    were 
    their 
    names, 

    Tell 
    me, 
    what 
    were 
    their names? 

    Did you 
    have 
    a friend 
    on 
    the 
    good 

    Reuben 
    James? 

    Verse 12
    Oh, tell me, 
    what 
    were 
    their 
    names, 

    Tell 
    me, 
    what 
    were 
    their 
    names? 

    Did 
    you 
    have 
    a friend 
    on 

    the 
    good 
    Reuben 
    James? 


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