Rueben James chords by
Conway Twitty

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Key: E major

Verse 1
D D 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
Reuben James in my
A A 
 
D D 
 
song you'll live again
G G 
 
D D 
 
And the phrases that I rhyme
A A 
 
D D 
 
Are just the footsteps out of time
G G 
 
D D 
 
From the time when I knew you,

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

Verse 3
G G 
 
Reuben James you still walk
D D 
 
The furrowed fields of my mind
G G 
 
The faded shirt the
wrinkled brow
D D 
 
The calloused hand upon the plow
C C 
 
I loved you then and I love you now,
Reuben James.
D D 
 

Verse 4
Flora Gray the gossip of Madison
A A 
 
D D 
 
County died with the child
G G 
 
D D 
 
And although your skin was black
A A 
 
You were the one who
D D 
 
didn't turn your back
G G 
 
D D 
 
On a hungry white child with no name,
A A 
 
Reuben James.
D D 
 

Verse 5
Reuben James with your mind on my soul
A A 
 
D D 
 
And Bible in your right hand
G G 
 
D D 
 
You said turn the other cheek
A A 
 
There's a better world
D D 
 
waitin' for the meek
G G 
 
D D 
 
In my mind these words remain from,

Verse 6
Reuben James.
D D 
 
G G 
 
Reuben James you still walk
D D 
 
The furrowed fields of my mind
G G 
 
The faded shirt the wrinkled brow
D D 
 
The calloused hand upon the plow
C C 
 
I loved you then and I love you now,
Reuben James.
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 

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

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

Outro 1

Reuben James

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsD C A G

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