The Sinking Of The Reuben James chords by Guthrie Woody

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1
G+G    G+G              D MajorD      G+G
Have you heard of a ship called the good Reuben James
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Manned by hard fighting men both of honor and fame?
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She flew the Stars and Stripes of the land of the free
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But tonight she's in her grave at the bottom of the sea.

(Chorus)
G+G                   C majorC        A minorAm
Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names,
D MajorD               C majorC      G+G
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?
G+G                  C majorC     A minorAm
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
D MajorD              C majorC      G+G
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James

Verse 2
G+G    G+G               D MajorD      G+G
Well, a hundred men went down in that dark watery grave
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When that good ship went down only forty-four were saved.
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'Twas the last day of October we saved the forty-four
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From the cold ocean waters and the cold icy shore.

(Chorus)
G+G                   C majorC        A minorAm
Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names,
D MajorD               C majorC      G+G
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?
G+G                  C majorC     A minorAm
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
D MajorD              C majorC      G+G
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James


Verse 3
G+G    G+G            D MajorD     G+G
It was there in the dark of that uncertain night
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That we watched for the U-boats and waited for a fight.
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Then a whine and a rock and a great explosion roared
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And they laid the Reuben James on that cold ocean floor.

(Chorus)
G+G                   C majorC        A minorAm
Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names,
D MajorD               C majorC      G+G
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?
G+G                  C majorC     A minorAm
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
D MajorD              C majorC      G+G
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James


Verse 4
G+G    G+G        D MajorD            G+G
Now tonight there are lights in our country so bright
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In the farms and in the cities they're telling of the fight.
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And now our mighty battleships will steam the bounding main
G+G               D MajorD      G+G
And remember the name of that good Reuben James.


((Chorus)
G+G                   C majorC        A minorAm
Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names,
D MajorD               C majorC      G+G
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?
G+G                  C majorC     A minorAm
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
D MajorD              C majorC      G+G
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James