the sinking of the reuben james chords by The Weavers

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Verse 1
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Tell me, what were their names? Tell me,
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what were their names?
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Did you have a friend on the
good Reuben James?
What were their names,
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tell me what were their names?
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Did you have a friend on the
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good Reuben James?

Verse 2
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It was there in the dark of
that uncertain night
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That we watched for the U- boat
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s and waited for the fight
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Then a whine and a rock and
a great explosion roar
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And they laid the Reuben James
on that cold ocean floor

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Verse 3

One hundred men were drowned

in that dark watery grave

When that good ship went down,

only forty four were saved

Twas the last day of October that

we saved the forty four

From the cold icy water off the

cold Iceland shore.

Verse 4
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Now tonight there are lights in
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our country so
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bright.
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In the farms and the cities they
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are telling of this fight.
Now our mighty battleships
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will steam the bounding main
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And remember the name of the
good Reuben James.
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Verse 5
Tell me, what were their names? Tell me,
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A 
what were their names?
D 
Did you have a friend on the
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good Reuben James?
What were their names,
C 
A 
tell me what were their names?
D 
Did you have a friend on the
G 
good Reuben James?

Verse 6
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Many years have passed since
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these brave men are gone
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Those cold icy waters now
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are still and are gone
Many years have passed
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but still I wonder why
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The worst of men must fight,
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and the best of men must die

Verse 7
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Tell me, what were their names? Tell me,
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what were their names?
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Did you have a friend on the
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good Reuben James?
What were their names,
C 
A 
tell me what were their names?
D 
Did you have a friend on
G 
the good Reuben James?