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