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Reuben James by The Kingston Trio
Reuben James
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
B F# B
B F# B
[Verse]
F# B
Have you heard of the ship called the good Reuben James?
F# B
Run by hard fighting men both of honour and of fame
E B
She flew the stars and stripes of the land of the free
F# B
But tonight she's in her grave at the bottom of the sea
[Chorus]
B
Oh, tell me, what were their names?
E
Tell me, what were their names?
F# B
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?
B
Tell me, what were their names?
E C#m
Tell me, what were their names?
F# B
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?
[Verse]
F# B
One hundred men went down to their dark and watery graves
F# B
When that good ship went down, only forty-four were saved
E B
'Twas the last day of October, they saved forty-four
F# B
From the dark icy water of that cold Iceland shore
[Chorus]
B
Oh, tell me, what were their names?
E
Tell me, what were their names?
F# B
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?
B
Tell me, what were their names?
E C#m
Tell me, what were their names?
F# B
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?
[Verse]
F# B
It was there in the dark of that cold and watery night
F# B
They watched for the U-boats and they waited for a fight
E B
Then a whine and a rock and a great explosion's roar
F# B
They lay the Reuben James on that cold ocean floor
[Chorus]
B
Oh, tell me, what were their names?
E
Tell me, what were their names?
F# B
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?
B
Tell me, what were their names?
E C#m
Tell me, what were their names?
F# B
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?
[Instrumental]
B F# B
B F# B
B E B
B F# B
[Verse]
F# B
Many years have passed since those brave men are gone
F# B
Those cold, icy waters, they're still and they're calm
E B
Many years have passed and still I wonder why
F# B
The worst of men must fight and the best of men must die
[Chorus]
B
Oh, tell me, what were their names?
E
Tell me, what were their names?
F# B
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?
B
Tell me, what were their names?
E C#m
Tell me, what were their names?
F# B
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?
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