The Sinking Of The Reuben James chords by Pete Seeger, The Almanac Singers
Intro 1
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Dsus4
G
Dsus4
G
C
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Dsus4
Verse 1
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Have you heard of a ship
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G
called the good Reuben Jane?
Manned by hard -fighting men
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G
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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G
at the bottom of the sea
Tell me, were their names?
C
Tell me, what were their names?
D
Did you have a friend
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on the good Reuben James?
What were their names?
C
Tell me what were their names?
D
Did you have a friend
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on the good Reuben James?
One hundred men were drowned
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in that dark, watery grave.
When that good ship went down,
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only forty -four were saved.
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It was the last day of October,
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we saved the 44 from the cold icy waters
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G
off that cold Iceland shore.
C
Tell me, what were their names?
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C
Tell me, what were their names?
D
Did you have a friend
G
on the good Reuben James?
What were their names?
C
Tell me, what were their names?
D
Did you have a friend
G
on the good Reuben James?
It was there in the dark
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G
of that uncertain night
That we watched for the U -boats
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G
and waited for a fight
Then a whine and a rock
C
and a great explosion roared
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And they laid the Reuben James
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on that cold ocean floor
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Tell me what were their names,
C
tell me what were their names?
D
Did you have a friend
G
on the good Ruben James?
What were their names,
C
tell me what were their names?
D
Did you have a friend
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on the good Ruben James?
Now tonight there are lights
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G
in our country so bright
In the farms and in the cities
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G
they're telling of the fight
And now our mighty battleships
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G
will steam the bounding main
And remember the name
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of that good Reuben James
Tell me, were their names?
C
Tell me, what were their names?
D
Did you have a friend
G
on good Reuben James?
What were their names?
C
Tell me, what were their names?
D
Did you have a friend
G
on the good Reuben Jane?
The Sinking Of The Reuben James
Pete Seeger, The Almanac Singers
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