Chords for Jerry Garcia and John Kahn - Reuben and Cherise (5-5-82)

_ _ So it's got a lot of words I might not [A] might not remember _ _
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[F#] was [E] brushing and all that and [F#] they
_ _ Was _ _ _ the [B] afternoon [F#] of [E] _ _ _ carnival
_ _ _ As she brushes [B] it and [F#] they damn _
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[F#] Ruben was [E] strumming his [F#] clean and _ mandolin _ _ _
Wasn't _ late [B] with the [F#] pretty face [E] in _ _ jade
_ _ [F#] [B] Played the [F#] carnival _ [E] _ parade
She _ _ _ [B] _
[F#] was [E] dressing as pure [Bm] wet [F#] and white _ _
When _ a fatal vision gripped [E] her tight _
_ _ _ [B] She would freeze to be wet [F#] _ tonight _
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[F#] Ruben, [E] Ruben, [B] tell me [F#] truly true
_ I _ _ feel [Bm] afraid and I [F#] don't know why [E] I do _
Is _ _ [F#] [B] there [F#] another girl [E] for you? _
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_ [C#m] If you could [F#] see my _ [E] heart you would [B] know it's true
_ There's [E] none, [B] Cherise, except [A] for you
_ _ Except [G#] for you _ _ _ _
[C#m] I swear [B] to it [F#] on my [B] very soul
If I [F#] lie may I [E] fall down and fall _ _
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Ruben was [E] strumming his [B] clean and [F#] mandolin
_ _ The _ _ _ [B] breeze would [F#] pause to [E] listen here _
_ _ _ _ Keep on going its [F#] way I guess _
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[F#] Masquerade [E] began when [F#] nightfall finally woke _ _ _
_ _ Like [B] waves against the [F#] bandstand [E] dancers grow _
To _ _ [F#] the painted _ [E] mandolin _ _
_ Looking _ _ _
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_ [C#m] _ out [F#] on the [E] crowd
He was [B] standing there
_ Sweet [E] Ruby [B] Clare at [A] Ruben's stare _
_ At _ _ [G#]
Ruben's stare
_ She _
_ [C#m] _ [B] was dressed [F#] as pure red [B] and red
And her [F#] hair was [E] gently _ _ dappled
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_ _ _ [F#] _ [B] The [F#] crowd pressed [E] down, Ruby [B] stood as though [F#] alone _ _ _ _
_ _ Ruben's [B] song took [F#] on a [E] different tone _
_ _ _ _ [B] And he played it just [F#] for her
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[F#] song that he [E] played was the [Bm] carnival [F#] _ foray _ _ _
_ Each note [B] cut a [F#] thread of _ [E] Cherise's fate _
_ She [F#] _ [B] _
[F#] cut through like [E] a prey
Ruben _ _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] was [E] playing his [B] clean and [F#] mandolin
_ Then _ _ _ _ [B] Ruby [F#] froze and turned [E] to stone _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] [B] The [F#] strings played all alone _
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[F#] voice of [Em] Cherise on the [B] piece of the [F#] mandolin _ _ _ _
_ _ Singing [B] Ruben, [F#] Ruben tell [E] me truth _
_ _ _ _ [B] Boy I [F#] have no one [E] but you _
If _ _ _ _
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_ [C#] you could see [F#] my _ [E] heart
You would [B] know it's true
_ There's none Cherise except [A] for you _
_ _ _ Except [G#] for you _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] I swear [B] to it on [F#] my [B] very soul
If I [F#] lie may I [E] fall down and fall _ _
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[F#] But I love [E] that song [B] so [F#] much still
_ The _ _ _ _ [B] chorus of love [F#] must [E] swallow _ blood
_ _ _ _ Get [B] down and look [F#] _ behind
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[F#] Ruben [E] walked the [Bm] streets of New Orleans [F#] till dawn _ _
_ _ _ Cherise so lightly [E] in his arms
_ _ _ _ [B] And her hair [F#] hung [E] gently down _
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