The Sinking Of The Reuben James

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

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Fret 3

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  • G

  • D

  • C

  • G

  • D

  • C

  • Verse 1
    G

    Have you heard of a ship called
    D
    G

    the good Reuben James

    Manned by hard fighting men both
    D
    G

    of honor and fame?

    She flew the Stars and Stripes
    C
    G

    of the land of the free

    But tonight she's in her grave
    D
    G

    on the bottom of the sea
    Verse 2
    G

    Tell me what were their names,
    C

    tell me what were their names
    D

    Did you have a friend on
    G

    the good Reuben James?

    What were their names,
    C

    tell me, what were their names?
    D

    Did you have a friend on
    G

    the good Reuben James
    Verse 3
    G

    Well, a hundred men went down
    D
    G

    in that dark watery grave

    When that good ship went down
    D

    only forty- four were saved
    G

    That was the last day of October
    C
    G

    we saved the forty- four

    From the cold ocean waters
    D
    G

    and the cold icy shore
    Verse 4
    G

    Tell me what were their names,
    C

    tell me what were their names
    D

    Did you have a friend on
    G

    the good Reuben James?

    What were their names,
    C

    tell me, what were their names?
    D

    Did you have a friend on the good
    G

    Reuben James
    D
    G
    Verse 5


    It was there in the dark
    D
    G

    of that uncertain night

    That we watched for the you-
    D

    boats and waited for a fight
    G

    Then a whine and a rock and a great
    C
    G

    explosion roared

    And they laid the Reuben James on
    D
    G

    that cold ocean floor
    Verse 6
    C

    Tell me what were their names, tell me what

    were their names
    D

    Did you have a friend on
    G

    the good Reuben James?

    What were their names,
    C

    tell me, what were their names?
    D

    Did you have a friend on
    G

    the good Reuben James
    Verse 7
    G

    Now tonight there are lights
    D
    G

    in our country so bright

    In the farms and in the cities
    D
    G

    they're telling of the fight

    And now our mighty battleships
    C

    will steam the bounding main
    G

    And remember the name of
    D
    G

    that good Reuben James
    Verse 8
    G

    Tell me what were their names,
    C

    tell me what were their names
    D

    Did you have a friend on the good
    G

    Reuben James?

    What were their names,
    C

    tell me, what were their names?
    D

    Did you have a friend on
    G

    the good Reuben James
    C

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