INTRO:
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What were their names, tell me, what were their
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names?
A D
Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James?
#1.
D A D
Have you heard of a ship called that Good Reuben James,
A D
manned by hard fighting men both for honor and fame?
D G D
She flew the stars and stripes of the land of the free,
D A D
but tonight she's in her grave at the bottom of the sea.
CHORUS:
D G E
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
A D
Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James?
D G E
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
A D
Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James?
INTERLUDE: D G E A D
#2.
D A D
It was there in the dark of that uncertain night.
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That we waited for U-Boats and waited for that fight.
D G D
Then a whine and a rock and the great explosion roared.
D A D
And they laid Good Reuben James on that cold ocean floor.
CHORUS:
D G E
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
A D
Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James?
D G E
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
A D
Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James?
INTERLUDE: D G E A D
#3.
D A D
Now, tonight there are lights in our country so bright.
D A D
On the farms and the cities they're tellin' of that fight.
D G D
And now our mighty battle ships will sail the bounding main.
D A D
And remember the name of that Good Reuben James.
CHORUS:
D G E
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
A D
Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James?
D G E
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
A D
Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James?
OUTRO:
D G E
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
A D
Did you have a friend on the Good Reuben James?..(Fade.)
