The Sinking Of The Reuben James
The Sinking Of The Reuben James

The Sinking Of The Reuben James easy guitar chords by Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie

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    • Verse 1
    Have 
    you heard 
    of 
    a ship 
    called 

    the 
    good Re
    uben James 

    Manned 
    by hard 
    fighting 
    men 
    both 

    of hon
    or 
    and fame? 

    She flew 
    the Stars 
    and Stripes 

    of 
    the land 
    of 
    the free 

    But 
    tonight 
    she's 
    in her grave 

    on 
    the bottom 
    of 
    the sea 

    Verse 2
    Tell 
    me what 
    were 
    their names, 

    tell 
    me what 
    were 
    their names 

    Did 
    you 
    have 
    a friend 
    on 

    the good 
    Reuben 
    James? 

    What 
    were 
    their names, 

    tell 
    me, what 
    were 
    their names? 

    Did 
    you 
    have 
    a friend 
    on 

    the good 
    Reuben 
    James 

    Verse 3
    Well, 
    a 
    hundred men 
    went down 

    in 
    that dark 
    watery 
    grave 

    When 
    that good 
    ship 
    went down 

    only forty- 
    four 
    were saved 

    That 
    was 
    the last 
    day 
    of October 

    we saved 
    the forty- 
    four 

    From 
    the cold ocean 
    waters 

    and the 
    cold icy 
    shore 

    Verse 4
    Tell 
    me what 
    were 
    their names, 

    tell 
    me what 
    were 
    their names 

    Did 
    you 
    have 
    a friend 
    on 

    the good 
    Reuben 
    James? 

    What 
    were 
    their names, 

    tell 
    me, what 
    were 
    their names? 

    Did 
    you 
    have 
    a friend 
    on 
    the good 

    Reuben 
    James 

    Verse 5

    It was there 
    in 
    the dark 

    of that 
    un
    certain 
    night 

    That 
    we watched 
    for 
    the you- 

    boats 
    and waited 
    for 
    a fight 

    Then 
    a whine 
    and a rock 
    and a great 

    explo
    sion 
    roared 

    And they laid 
    the 
    Reuben James 
    on 

    that 
    cold ocean 
    floor 

    Verse 6
    Tell me what 
    were 
    their names, 
    tell 
    me what 

    were 
    their names 

    Did you 
    have 
    a friend 
    on 

    the good 
    Reuben 
    James? 

    What 
    were 
    their names, 

    tell 
    me, what 
    were 
    their names? 

    Did 
    you 
    have 
    a friend 
    on 

    the good 
    Reuben 
    James 

    Verse 7
    Now 
    tonight 
    there 
    are lights 

    in our coun
    try 
    so bright 

    In the farms 
    and in the cities 

    they're telling 
    of 
    the 
    fight

    And now 
    our mighty 
    battleships 

    will steam 
    the bounding 
    main 

    And remember 
    the name 
    of 

    that 
    good 
    Reuben James 

    Verse 8
    Tell 
    me what 
    were 
    their names, 

    tell 
    me what 
    were 
    their names 

    Did you 
    have 
    a friend 
    on 
    the good 

    Reuben 
    James? 

    What were 
    their names, 

    tell 
    me, what 
    were 
    their names? 

    Did you 
    have 
    a friend 
    on 

    the good 
    Reuben 
    James 


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