Rueben James Chords & Lyrics - Kenny Rogers

Rueben [D]James in my [A7]song youll live a [D]gain
And the [G]phrases that I [D]rhyme
Are just the [A7]footsteps out-a [D]time
From a [G]time when I [D]knew [A7]Rueben [D]James

Rueben [D]James all the folks around Madison [A7]County cussed your [D]name
Just a [G]no account share-croppin [D]colored man
Who [A7]steal anything he [D]can
And [G]everybody laid the [D]blame on [A7]Rueben [D]James

Rueben [G]James you still walk the fertile fields of my [D]mind
Faded [G]shirt weathered brow
Callused [D]hands upon the plow
I loved you [C]then and I love you now Rueben [D]James

Flora [D]Graves the gossip of Madison [A7]County died with [D]child
And al [G]though your skin was [D]black
You were the [A7]one who didnt turn your [D]back
On a [G]hungry white child with [D]no name [A7]Rueben [D]James

Rueben [D]James with your mind on my soul and a [A7]bible in your right [D]
hand
You said [G]turn the other [D]cheek
Theres a [A7]better world waitin for the [D]meek
In my [G]mind these words re [D]main from [A7]Rueben [D]James

Rueben [G]James you still walk the fertile fields of my [D]mind
Faded [G]shirt weathered brow
Callused [D]hands upon the plow
I loved you [C]then and I love you now Rueben [D]James

Rueben [E]James one dark cloudy day they [B7]brought you from the [E]field
And to your [A]lonely pine box [E]came
Just a [B7]preacher me and the [E]rain
To [A]sing one last re [E]frain for [B7]Rueben [E]James

Rueben [A]James you still walk the fertile fields of my [E]mind
Faded [A]shirt weathered brow
Callused [E]hands upon the plow
I loved you [D]then and I love you now Rueben [E]James