The Sinking Of The Reuben James

Artist: Kingston Trio (English)
User: Saxon
Duration: 150 seconds
Delay: 12 seconds
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The Sinking Of The Reuben James 
Written by Woody Guthrie
As performed by The Kingston Trio

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

(Chorus)
 C                          C7             F               Dm
Oh, Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names,
 G                           F           C     
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?
 C                                   F          Dm
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
 G                           F           C
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James

Verse 2
 C                                 G           C
One hundred men went down to their dark watery graves.
 C                                 G               C    
When that good ship went down only forty-four were saved.
 C                                 F               C
'Twas the last day of October they saved the forty-four
 C                               G            C
From the dark icy water off that cold Iceland shore. 

(Chorus)
 C                          C7             F               Dm
Oh, Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names,
 G                           F           C     
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?
 C                                   F          Dm
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
 G                           F           C
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James

Verse 3  
 C      C                        G            C
It was there in the dark on that cold, watery night
 C                                    G            C      
They watched for the U-boats and they waited for a fight.
 C                            F               C
Then a whine and a rock and a great explosion roared
 C                                     G          C
And they laid the Reuben James on that cold ocean floor. 

(Chorus)
 C                          C7             F               Dm
Oh, Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names,
 G                           F           C     
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?
 C                                   F          Dm
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
 G                           F           C
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James

Verse 4
 C                                                                        G                            C
Many years have passed since those brave men are gone,
                       G                C
Those cold icy waters are still and their calm,
                        F                C
Many years have passed and still I wonder why,
                                  G               C
The worst of men must fight and the best of men must die.

(Chorus)
 C                          C7             F               Dm
Oh, Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names,
 G                           F           C     
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?
 C                                   F          Dm
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
 G                           F           C
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James

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