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	D	G
	What were their names, tell me	what were their names?

	A7	D
Did	you have a friend on the	good Reuben James?

	D	A7	D
	Have you heard of a ship called that	good Reuben	James?

	A7	D
Manned by hard-fighting men both of	honor and	fame

	D7	G	D
She flew the Stars and	Stripes of the	Land of the	Free

	D*	A7	D
But tonight she's in her	grave at the	bottom of the	sea.

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	D	G
	What were their names, tell me	what were their names?

	A7	D
Did	you have a friend on the	good Reuben James?

	G
Tell me, what were their names,	what were their names?

	A7	D
Did	you have a friend on the	good Reuben James?

It was there in the dark of that uncertain night

That we waited for U-boats and waited for that fight

Then a whine and a rock and a great explosion roared

And they laid the Reuben James on that cold ocean floor.

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Now, tonight there are lights in our country so bright

On the farms and the cities they're tellin' of that fight

And now our mighty battleships will sail the bounding main

And remember the men of the good Reuben James.

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Note. From Johnny Horton Makes History - Columbia CS-8269

The REUBEN JAMES was the first American warship

lost in World War II, torpedoed by German U-boats on

October 31, 1941. The destroyer, which was attacked

west of Iceland, was one of a squadron of warships

which did out-ranging for the transports and larger

ships on convoy.

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Sinking Of The Reuben James

Johnny Horton

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