Rubin And Cherise Chords by Jerry Garcia Band

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[B] [F#] Charisse [E] was [B] brushing along at [F#] Gemnytown. _ _
It was the [B] afternoon [F#] of [E] carnival, _
as [B] she brushes [F#] at Gemnytown.
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[F#] Reuben was [E] strumming his [B] peanut [F#] mandolin.
_ _ It was a maid with a pretty [E] face in jade,
_ [F#] playing the [E] carnival parade.
_ _ _ [B] [F#] Charisse was [E] dressing as [B] pure [F#] wet and white,
_ when a fatal [E] vision gripped her tight.
_ _ [B] Charisse, beware [F#]
tonight.
_ _ [B] [F#] Reuben, [E] Reuben, [B] tell [F#] me truly true.
_ _ I've been afraid and I don't know [E] why I do.
_ [B] Is there [F#] another [E] girl for you? _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] If you could see [F#] my [E] heart,
[B] you would know it's true.
There's none, Charisse, [A] except for you.
_ Except [G#] for you. _
[C#m] I [B] swear to [F#] it on [B] my very soul,
[F#] if I lie [E] may I fall down cold.
_ _ _ _ _ [F#]
When Reuben [E] played on his [B] peanut [F#] mandolin, _ _
the [B] breeze [F#] would pause [E] to listen in. _
[B] Before going [F#] its way again,
_ [B] the [F#] masquerade [E] began when [B] nightfall [F#] finally broke.
_ _ [B] Light waves [F#] against the [E] bandstand dancers broke
[B] to the [F#] pain of [E] mandolin. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] [F#] Looking out on [E] a crowd [B] who was standing there,
[E] sweet Ruby [B] Claire and [A] Reuben stared,
and [G#] Reuben stared.
_ _ [C#m] She [B] was dressed [B] as pure old linen red,
and her [F#] hair hung [E] deadly down. _ _ _ _
_ [F#] [B] The crowd pressed [E] round, Ruby [B] stood as [F#] though on a lawn.
_ _ Reuben's song took on [E] a different tone,
_ and he [B] played it just [F#] for her. _
[B] The song that [E] he played was [F#] the Carnival Parade. _ _
Each note cut a [E] thread of Charisse's fate. _
[B] It [F#] cut through [E] like a blade.
_ _ [B] _ [F#]
[E] Reuben's [B] playing his [F#] peanut mandolin,
_ _ when [B] Ruby [F#] froze and [E] turned to stone.
_ For [B] the strings [F#] played all alone,
_ [B] the [F#] voice of [E] Charisse from the [B] bass on the [F#] mandolin.
_ _ Sing a new Reuben, [E] tell me true,
_ _ [B] [F#] for I have [E] no one but you.
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If you could [F#] see my [E] heart, [B] you would know it's true.
There's nothing Charisse [A] except for you,
except [G#] for you.
_ [C#m] I'd [B] swear to [F#] it all [B] my very soul,
[F#] if I lied [E] may I fall down in hell. _ _ _ _ _
[B] The truth [E] of [B] love and nonsense I [F#] must tell, _
the course of love must [E] follow blind. _ _
[B] Without [F#] a love behind,
_ _ [B]
[F#] Reuben [E] walked the [B] streets of New [F#] Orleans till dawn. _
Charisse so lightly [E] in his arms,
_ [F#] and her [E] hair all gently down.
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