Reuben James Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]Rub[D]en James,
in my [A]song you live [D]again
And the [G]phrases that I [D]rhyme
are just the [A]footsteps out of [D]time
For the [G]time when I knew [D]you,
[A]Ruben [D]James
Ruben James, all the folks around Madison
[A]County cussed your [D]name
Gents of [G]no account,
sharecropping [D]colored men
Who'd [A]steal anything he [D]can
And they al[G]ways put the blame
[D]on Re[A]uben [D]James
Reuben James,
[G]you still walk the first field of my min[D]d
The faded [G]shirt, the weathered brow
The calloused [D]hand upon the plow
Loved you [C]then and I love you now
Reuben [D]James
Floor of gray,
the gospel of Madison
County [A]died with [D]child
And although [G]your skin was [D]black,
you was the [A]one that
didn't turn your [D]back
On a [G]hungry white child with no [D]name,
Reuben [A]James[D]
Reuben James,
with your mind on my soul
and the [A]Bible in your [Am]right [D]hand
You said, [G]turn the other [D]cheek,
there's a [A]better world waiting for the [D]meek
In my [G]mind these words [D]remain from
Re[A]uben [D]James
Reuben [G]James, you still walk
the furrowed fields of my [D]mind
The faded [G]shirt, the weathered brow,
the calloused [D]hand upon the plow
Love you [C]then and I love you now,
Reuben [D]James
Reuben [Eb]James, one dark Friday
they [Bb]brought you from the [Eb]field
And that [Ab]lonely pine box
[Eb]came just to [Bb]preach her me and the [Eb]rain
To [Ab]sing one last re[Eb]frain
for Reuben James
Reuben James,
[Ab]you still walk the first field of my mind[Eb]
The faded [Ab]shirt, the weathered brow,
the Dallas [Eb]hand upon the plow
Loved you then [C#]and I love you now,
Reuben [Eb]James
Ruben James
[Ab]