D A7 D
Rueben James in my song youll live a gain
G D
And the phrases that I rhyme
A7 D
Are just the footsteps out-a time
G D A7 D
From a time when I knew Rueben James
D A7 D
Rueben James all the folks around Madison County cussed your name
G D
Just a no account share-croppin colored man
A7 D
Who steal anything he can
G D A7 D
And 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
Callused hands upon the plow
C D
I loved you then and I love you now Rueben James
D A7 D
Flora Graves the gossip of Madison County died with child
G D
And 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
hand
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
Callused hands upon the plow
C D
I 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
A E
And 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 E
Rueben James you still walk the fertile fields of my mind
A
Faded shirt weathered brow
E
Callused hands upon the plow
D E
I loved you then and I love you now Rueben James