Rubin and Cherise (40th Anniversary Edition) Chords

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[B] [F#] Cherise was [E] brushing her [B] long hair [F#] gently down. _
It was [B] the [F#] afternoon [E] of carnival, _ _ [B] as she brushes [F#] it gently down.
_ _ [B] [F#] Reuben was [E] strolling his [B] painted [F#] man on the plane.
_ Was a maid with a pretty [E] face in jade, [B] playing [F#] the [E] carnival parade.
_ _ [B] Cherise [F#] was [E] dressing as [B] pure wet [F#] and white, _ when a fatal vision [E] gripped her tight.
_ _ [B] Cherise, [F#] beware tonight. _
_ _ [F#] Reuben, [E] Reuben, [B] tell me truly [F#] true.
_ I feel 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 Cherise, [A] except for you.
_ [G#] Except for you.
_ [C#m] I swear [B] to it [F#] on my [B] very soul, if I [F#] lie may I [E] fall down cold.
_ _ _ _ [F#] [B] When [F#] Reuben [E] played on [B] his painted [F#] mandolin, _ _ the breeze [F#] would pause to [E] listen in.
_ Before [F#] going its way again, _ [B] the [F#] masquerade [E] began when [B] nightfall [F#] finally awoke.
_ [B] Like waves [F#] against the [E] bandstand, answers broke _ [B] to the [F#] pained [E] mandolin. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] Looking [F#] out on the crowd, [B] who's standing there?
[E] Sweet Ruby [B] Clare, Reuben [A] stared, and [G#] Reuben stared. _ _
[C#m] [B] She was [F#] dressed as pure [B] wet and red, and [F#] her hair [E] hung gently down.
_ _ _ _ [B] The crowd [E] dressed round, Reuben [B] stood as [F#] though alone.
_ _ Reuben's song took on [E] a different tone, _ and he [B] played it just [F#] for her.
_ [B] The song that he [E] played was the [B] carnival [F#] parade.
_ _ Each note cut a thread [E] of Cherise's fate.
_ [B] It cut [F#] through like [E] a blade.
_ _ [B] [F#] Reuben's [E] playing his [B] painted [F#] mandolin again, _ _ [B] when Ruby [F#] froze [E] and turned to stone. _
_ [B] For the strings [F#] played all alone, _ [B] the [F#] voice of [E] Cherise from the [B] bass on the [F#] mandolin. _
Singing, Reuben, Reuben, [E] tell me truth, _ _ [B]
[F#] for I have [E] no one but you. _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] If you could see [F#] my [E] heart, [B] you would know it's true.
There's none, Cherise, [A] except for you, [G#] except for you.
_ [C#m] I swear [B] to it [F#] on my [B] very soul, if I [F#] lie, may I [E] pour down coke. _ _ _
_ _ [F#] [B] The [F#] truth of [E] love and [B] none, some [F#] song must tell.
_ _ The course of love [E] must follow the line, _ [B] without [F#] a look behind. _
_ [B] [F#] Reuben [E] walked the [B] streets of New [F#] Orleans till dawn.
_ Cherise so lightly [E] in his arms, _
[B] [F#] and her hair [E] hung gently down. _ _ _ _
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