The sinking of the reuben james chords by Pete Seeger
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Verse 1
(G major) Have you heard of a ship called
the good (D major) Reuben James (G major)
Manned by hard fighting men
both of (D major) honor and fame? (G major)
She flew the Stars and Stripes
(C major) of the land of the free (G major)
(E minor) But tonight (G major) she's in her grave
at the bottom (D major) of the sea.
(G major)
Verse 2
Tell me what were their names,
tell me what (C major) were their names,
Did you (D major) have a friend on the
(G major) good Reuben James?
What were their names, tell me,
what (C major) were their (A minor) names?
Did (C major) you (D major) have a friend on the
(G major) good Reuben James
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Verse 3
(G major) Well, a hundred men went down in
that dark watery grave
When that (D major) good ship went down (G major) only
forty- (D major) four were (G major) saved.
'Twas the last day of (C major) October (G major) we (C major)
(G major) saved the forty- four
From the cold (D major) ocean (G major) waters
and the cold icy shore.
Verse 4
It was there in (G major) the dark (C major) of
that un (D major) certain night
(G major) That we watched for the U- boats
and waited for a fight.
Then a whine (C major) and a rock and
a (D major) great explosion roared
And they laid (G major) the Reuben James
Verse 5
on that cold ocean floor.
(G major)
Now tonight there are lights
in our country (D major) so bright (G major)
In the farms and in the cities
(D major) they're telling of the fight. (G major)
And now our mighty battleships
will (C major) steam the bounding (G major) main
And remember the name of that (D major) (G major) good (C major)
(D major) (G major)
(C major) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (D major) (G major) Reuben James.
The sinking of the reuben james
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