Key: C major•
Intro 1
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Am
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D
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F
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Verse 1
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of a ship called the good Reuben James
Manned by hard fighting men
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both of honor and fame?
She flew the Stars and Stripes
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of the land of the free
But tonight she's in her grave
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on the bottom of the sea
Verse 2
What were their names, tell me,
Verse 3
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Well, a hundred men went down
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in that dark watery grave
When that good ship went down only
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forty- four were saved
That was the last day of October
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we saved the forty- four
From the cold ocean waters
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and the cold icy shore
Verse 4
What were their names, tell me,
Verse 5
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It was there in the dark of
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that uncertain night
That we watched for the you-
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boats and waited for a fight
Then a whine and a rock and
a great explosion roared
And they laid the Reuben James
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on that cold ocean floor
Verse 6
What were their names, tell me,
Verse 7
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in our country so bright
In the farms and in the cities
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they're telling of the fight
And now our mighty battleships
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will steam the bounding main
And remember the name of
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that good Reuben James
Verse 8
What were their names, tell me,
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