Rueben James chords by Conway Twitty

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Verse 1
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 (D major)  (C major)  (D major) Reuben James in my
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song  (A major) you'll live again  (D major) 
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And the  (G major) phrases 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  (G major) time when I knew  (D major) you,

Verse 2
Reuben James.
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 (D major) 
Reuben James all the folks
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Around Madison  (A major) 
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Caunty cussed your name  (D major) 
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Just a  (G major) no count  (D major) share
croppin' colored man
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Who'd steal  (A major) anything that he  (D major) can
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And they  (G major) always laid the  (D major) blame on,
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Reuben  (A major) James.
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 (D major) 

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Verse 3
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Reuben James  (G major) you still walk
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The furrowed fields of my mind  (D major) 
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The faded shirt  (G major) the
wrinkled brow
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The calloused hand  (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 4
Flora Gray the gossip of Madison
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County  (A major) died with the 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 who
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didn't turn your back  (D major) 
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On a  (G major) hungry white child with no  (D major) name,
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Reuben  (A major) James.
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Verse 5
Reuben James with your mind on my soul
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And  (A major) Bible in your right hand  (D major) 
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You said  (G major) turn the other cheek  (D major) 
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There's a  (A major) better world
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waitin' for the  (D major) meek
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In my mind  (G major) these words re (D major) main from,

Verse 6
Reuben James.
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 (D major) 
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Reuben James  (G major) you still walk
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The furrowed fields of my mind  (D major) 
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The faded shirt  (G major) the wrinkled brow
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The calloused hand  (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)  (G major)  (D major) 

Verse 7
Reuben James one cold dark day
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They brought  (A major) you from the field (D major) s
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And that  (G major) lonely  (D major) pinebox came
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Just a  (A major) preacher me and the rain  (D major) 
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To sing  (G major) one last refrain  (D major) for,

Verse 8
Reuben James.
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 (D major) 
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Reuben James  (G major) you still walk
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The furrowed fields of my mind  (D major) 
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The faded shirt  (G major) the wrinkled brow
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The calloused hand  (D major) upon the plow
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I loved you then  (C major) and I love you now,