Conway Twitty – Rueben James (Guitar)
Capo 2
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Chords
As recorded by Conway Twitty
(From the 1970 Album HELLO DARLIN')
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
N.C. D Rueben James A D In my song you'll live again G D And the phrases that I rhyme A D Are just footsteps out of time G D From the time when I knew you, Rueben James
[Verse 2]
N.C. D Rueben James A D All the folks around Madison County cussed your name G D Just a no account sharecroppin' colored man A D Who would steal anything that he can G D And they always laid the blame on Rueben James
[Chorus]
N.C. G D Rueben James, you still walk the furrowed fields of my mind G The faded shirt, the wrinkled brow D The calloused hand upon the plow C D I loved you then and I love you now, Rueben James
[Verse 3]
N.C. D Flora Gray A D The gossip of Madison County died with the child G D And although your skin was black A D You were the one who didn't turn your back G D On a hungry white child with no name, Reuben James
[Verse 4]
N.C. D Rueben James A D With your mind on my soul and a Bible in your right hand G D You said, "Turn the other cheek A D There's a better land waitin' for the meek" G D In my mind these words remain from Rueben James
[Chorus]
N.C. G D Rueben James, you still walk the furrowed fields of my mind G The faded shirt, the wrinkled brow D The calloused hand upon the plow C D I loved you then and I love you now, Rueben James
[Verse 5]
N.C. D Rueben James A D One cold dark day, they brought you from the fields G D And to your lonely pine box came A D Just a preacher, me and the rain G D To sing one last refrain for Rueben James
[Out-Chorus]
N.C. G D Rueben James, you still walk the furrowed fields of my mind G The faded shirt, the wrinkled brow D The calloused hand upon the plow C D I loved you then and I love you now, Rueben James