Chords for The Sinking of the Reuben James - The Weavers - (Lyrics)
Tempo:
107.05 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
B
Em
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A]
Have you heard of a ship called the Good Reuben Jane?
And the hard fighting men [Em] spoke of [A] honor and of fame.
She flew the stars and stripes of the land of the free,
But tonight she's in her grave [E] at the bottom [A] of the sea.
Tell me what were their names?
Tell me what [B] were their names?
[E] Did you have a friend [A] on the Good Reuben Jane?
What were their names?
Tell me what [B] were their names?
[E] Did you have a friend [A] on the Good Reuben Jane?
One hundred men went down to [E] their dark [A] watery grave.
When that good ship went down, [E] only forty [A]-four were saved.
It was the last day of [Bm] October that they saved forty [A]-four
From the cold icy waters by the cold Iceland shore.
Tell me what were their names?
Tell [Dm] me what were [B] their names?
[Em] Did you [Bm] have a friend [A] on the Good Reuben Jane?
What were their names?
Tell me what were [B] their names?
[E] Did you have a friend [A] on the Good Reuben Jane?
It was there in the dark [E] of that [A] uncertain night
That they watched for the U [E]-boat and waited [A] for the fight.
Then the vine and the rock [D] and the great [A] explosion roared
And they laid the Reuben Janes on [E] the cold [A] ocean floor.
Tell me what were their names?
[D] Tell me what were [B] their names?
[E] Did you have a [A] friend on the Good Reuben Jane?
What were their names?
[D] Tell me what were [B] their names?
[E] Did you have a friend [A] on the Good Reuben Jane?
Well, many years have [E] passed since those brave men are [A] gone
And those cold icy waters [E] now are still and [A] they're calm.
Many years have passed, but [Ab] still I [A] wonder why
The worst of men must fight and [E] the best [A] of men must die.
Tell me what were their names?
Tell me what were [B] their names?
[E] Did you have a friend [A] on the Good Reuben Jane?
What were their names?
Tell me what were [B] their names?
Did you [E] have a friend [A] on the Good Reuben Jane?
What were their names?
Tell me what [B] were their names?
[Em] Did you have a friend [A] on
Have you heard of a ship called the Good Reuben Jane?
And the hard fighting men [Em] spoke of [A] honor and of fame.
She flew the stars and stripes of the land of the free,
But tonight she's in her grave [E] at the bottom [A] of the sea.
Tell me what were their names?
Tell me what [B] were their names?
[E] Did you have a friend [A] on the Good Reuben Jane?
What were their names?
Tell me what [B] were their names?
[E] Did you have a friend [A] on the Good Reuben Jane?
One hundred men went down to [E] their dark [A] watery grave.
When that good ship went down, [E] only forty [A]-four were saved.
It was the last day of [Bm] October that they saved forty [A]-four
From the cold icy waters by the cold Iceland shore.
Tell me what were their names?
Tell [Dm] me what were [B] their names?
[Em] Did you [Bm] have a friend [A] on the Good Reuben Jane?
What were their names?
Tell me what were [B] their names?
[E] Did you have a friend [A] on the Good Reuben Jane?
It was there in the dark [E] of that [A] uncertain night
That they watched for the U [E]-boat and waited [A] for the fight.
Then the vine and the rock [D] and the great [A] explosion roared
And they laid the Reuben Janes on [E] the cold [A] ocean floor.
Tell me what were their names?
[D] Tell me what were [B] their names?
[E] Did you have a [A] friend on the Good Reuben Jane?
What were their names?
[D] Tell me what were [B] their names?
[E] Did you have a friend [A] on the Good Reuben Jane?
Well, many years have [E] passed since those brave men are [A] gone
And those cold icy waters [E] now are still and [A] they're calm.
Many years have passed, but [Ab] still I [A] wonder why
The worst of men must fight and [E] the best [A] of men must die.
Tell me what were their names?
Tell me what were [B] their names?
[E] Did you have a friend [A] on the Good Reuben Jane?
What were their names?
Tell me what were [B] their names?
Did you [E] have a friend [A] on the Good Reuben Jane?
What were their names?
Tell me what [B] were their names?
[Em] Did you have a friend [A] on
Key:
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Have you heard of a ship called the Good Reuben Jane?
And the hard fighting men [Em] spoke of [A] honor and of fame.
She flew the stars and stripes of the land of the free,
But tonight she's in her grave [E] at the bottom [A] of the sea.
_ Tell me what were their names?
Tell me what [B] were their names?
[E] Did you have a friend [A] on the Good Reuben Jane?
What were their names?
Tell me what [B] were their names?
[E] Did you have a friend [A] on the Good Reuben Jane?
_ One hundred men went down to [E] their dark [A] watery grave.
When that good ship went down, [E] only forty [A]-four were saved.
It was the last day of [Bm] October that they saved forty [A]-four
From the cold icy waters by the cold Iceland shore.
_ Tell me what were their names?
Tell [Dm] me what were [B] their names?
[Em] Did you [Bm] have a friend [A] on the Good Reuben Jane?
What were their names?
Tell me what were [B] their names?
[E] Did you have a friend [A] on the Good Reuben Jane?
_ It was there in the dark [E] of that [A] uncertain night
That they watched for the U [E]-boat and waited [A] for the fight.
Then the vine and the rock [D] and the great [A] explosion roared
And they laid the Reuben Janes on [E] the cold [A] ocean floor.
Tell me what were their names?
[D] Tell me what were [B] their names?
[E] Did you have a [A] friend on the Good Reuben Jane?
What were their names?
[D] Tell me what were [B] their names?
[E] Did you have a friend [A] on the Good Reuben Jane?
_ Well, many years have [E] passed since those brave men are [A] gone
And those cold icy waters [E] now are still and [A] they're calm.
Many years have passed, but [Ab] still I [A] wonder why
The worst of men must fight and [E] the best [A] of men must die.
Tell me what were their names?
Tell me what were [B] their names?
[E] Did you have a friend [A] on the Good Reuben Jane?
What were their names?
Tell me what were [B] their names?
Did you [E] have a friend [A] on the Good Reuben Jane?
_ What were their names?
Tell me what [B] were their names?
[Em] Did you have a friend [A] on
Have you heard of a ship called the Good Reuben Jane?
And the hard fighting men [Em] spoke of [A] honor and of fame.
She flew the stars and stripes of the land of the free,
But tonight she's in her grave [E] at the bottom [A] of the sea.
_ Tell me what were their names?
Tell me what [B] were their names?
[E] Did you have a friend [A] on the Good Reuben Jane?
What were their names?
Tell me what [B] were their names?
[E] Did you have a friend [A] on the Good Reuben Jane?
_ One hundred men went down to [E] their dark [A] watery grave.
When that good ship went down, [E] only forty [A]-four were saved.
It was the last day of [Bm] October that they saved forty [A]-four
From the cold icy waters by the cold Iceland shore.
_ Tell me what were their names?
Tell [Dm] me what were [B] their names?
[Em] Did you [Bm] have a friend [A] on the Good Reuben Jane?
What were their names?
Tell me what were [B] their names?
[E] Did you have a friend [A] on the Good Reuben Jane?
_ It was there in the dark [E] of that [A] uncertain night
That they watched for the U [E]-boat and waited [A] for the fight.
Then the vine and the rock [D] and the great [A] explosion roared
And they laid the Reuben Janes on [E] the cold [A] ocean floor.
Tell me what were their names?
[D] Tell me what were [B] their names?
[E] Did you have a [A] friend on the Good Reuben Jane?
What were their names?
[D] Tell me what were [B] their names?
[E] Did you have a friend [A] on the Good Reuben Jane?
_ Well, many years have [E] passed since those brave men are [A] gone
And those cold icy waters [E] now are still and [A] they're calm.
Many years have passed, but [Ab] still I [A] wonder why
The worst of men must fight and [E] the best [A] of men must die.
Tell me what were their names?
Tell me what were [B] their names?
[E] Did you have a friend [A] on the Good Reuben Jane?
What were their names?
Tell me what were [B] their names?
Did you [E] have a friend [A] on the Good Reuben Jane?
_ What were their names?
Tell me what [B] were their names?
[Em] Did you have a friend [A] on