Tonart: G major
Intro 1
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C
G
C
Verse 1
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Ruben
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C
James, my song you'll live again,
F
C
G
and the phrases that I rhyme are just the footsteps
C
F
out of time, from the time
G
Ruben
C
James,
Ruben
James, all the folks around
Verse 2
G
County cursed your name
C
Verse 3
F
Just an old -cow sharecropper
Verse 4
G
C
Who'd steal anything he can
Verse 5
F
C
And they always laid the blame on
James
C
Verse 6
Reuben
F
James, you still bought fur
old heels of my mind
C
Verse 7
F
Painted shirt withered brow,
C
calloused hand upon plow
Verse 8
Bb
Loved you then and I love you now,
Reuben
C
James
Poor, great, gossip of
Madison
G
C
County died, you child
F
C
And although your skin was black,
G
C
it was you who didn't turn your back
F
C
On a hungry white child with no name,
G
Reuben
C
James
Reuben
James
With your mind on my soul and a
G
C
Bible in your right hand
F
C
You said, the other cheek
G
C
A better world is a -waitin' for the me
F
C
In my head these words remain,
G
Reuben
C
Jane
Reuben
F
Jane
You still bought her old
F
Painted shirts, quivered brows,
C
calloused hands upon a plow
Bb
F
Bb
I loved you then and I love you now,
Ruba
C
D
Jane
Ooh,
Ruba
Jane
A
One dark, day that brought
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D
And to your lonely pine box came just
A
D
a preacher and me in the rain
G
D
To sing a last refrain,
A
Reuben
D
James,
Reuben
G
James
You still want the pearl
G
Painted shirt, withered brow,
D
gallant stand upon the plow
C
I loved you then and I love you now,
Outro 1
we're change
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D
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D
Wie hat dir der Song gefallen?
TunerE A D G B E
Akkorde & SongtexteG C F Bb D...
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