2 acessos
/ D / A7 / D Rueben / James in my / song you'll live a / gain, and / G / D The / phrases that I / rhyme, / A7 / D Are just / footsteps out-a / time, / G / D / A7 - D From a / time when I / knew you / Rueben James. / D / A7 / D Rueben / James all the folks around Madison / County cussed your / name. / G / D Just a / no account share-cropper / colored man, / A7 / D Who'd / steal anything he / can, and G / D / A7 - D Everybody laid the / blame on / Rueben James. / G / D Rueben / James you still walk the fertile fields of my / mind, / G Faded / shirt weathered brow, / D Calloused / hands upon the plow' / C / D Loved you / then and I love you now Rueben / James. / D / A7 / D Flora / Graves the gossip of Madison / County died with / child, and / G / D Al / though your skin was / black, / A7 / D You were the / one who didnt turn your / back, / G / D / A7 - D On a / hungry white child with / no name / Rueben James. / D / A7 / D Rueben / James with your mind on my soul and a / bible in your right, / and / G / D You said / turn the other / cheek, / A7 / D Theres a / better world waitin for the / meek, / G / D / A7 - D In my / mind these words re - / main from / Rueben James. / G / D Rueben / James you still walk the fertile fields of my / mind, / G Faded / shirt weathered brow, / D Calloused / hands upon the plow' / C / D Loved you / then and I love you now Rueben / James. / E / B7 / E Rueben / James one dark cloudy day they / brought you from the / field,and / A / E To your / lonely pine box / came, / B7 / E Just a / preacher me and the / rain, / A / E / B7 - E To / sing one last re - / frain for / Rueben James. / A / D Rueben / James you still walk the fertile fields of my / mind, / A Faded / shirt weathered brow, / E Calloused / hands upon the plow' / D / E Loved you / then and I love you now Rueben / James.