G
Reuben	James

	D	G
In my	song you'll live	again

	C	G	D	G
And the	phrases that I	rhyme, are just	footsteps outta	time

	C	G	D	G
From the	time when I	knew you,	Reuben	James

	G
Reuben	James

	D	G
All the folks around Madison	County cussed your	name

	C	G	D	G
Just a	no count share-cropping	coloured man, who would	steal anything he	can

	C	G	D	G
And every	body laid the	blame on	Reuben	James

	C
Reuben	James

	G
You still walk the furrowed fields of my	mind

	C	G
The faded	shirt, the weathered brow, the calloused	hands upon the plough

	F	C	G
I loved you	then and I love you	now, Reuben	James

	G
Flora	Gray

	D	G
The gossip of Madison	County died with	child

	C	G	D	G
And al	though your skin was	black, you were the	one who didn't turn your	back

	C	G	D	G
On the	hungry white child with	no name,	Reuben	James

	G
Reuben	James

	D	G
With your mind on my soul and a	bible in your right	hand

	C	G	D	G
You said	turn the other	cheek, there's a	better world waiting for the	meek

	C	G	D	G
In my	mind these words	remain from	Reuben	James

	A
Reuben	James

	E	A
One dark cloudy day they	brought you from the	field

	D	A	E	A
And to your	lonely pine box	came, just a	preacher me and the	rain

	D	A	E	A
To	sing one last	refrain for	Reuben	James

	D
Reuben	James

	A
You still walk the furrowed fields of my	mind

	D	A
The faded	shirt, the weathered brow, the calloused	hands upon the plough

	G	D	A
I loved you	then and I love you	now, Reuben	James