The Sinking Of The Reuben James Chords

  			verse 1 
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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.  


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

verse 2 
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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.  


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



verse 3   
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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.  


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


verse 4 
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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 
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And remember the name of that good Reuben James. 


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