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Reuben

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[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
GWell, who's gonna shoe your pretty little foot
GWho's gonna gDlove your Ghand
GWho's gonna kiss your Cred ruby lips
And Gwho's gonna Dbe your Gman
[Chorus]
GIs that you Reuben?
GIs that you Reuben?
GWhere have you Dbeen so long? x2
[Verse 2]
GWell, papa's gonna shoe my pretty little foot
GMama's gonna Dglove my Ghand
Sister's gonna kiss my Cred ruby lips
And GI don't Dneed no Gman
[Verse 3]
GWell, I don't need no man, no
GI don't Dneed no Gman
GSister's gonna kiss my Cred ruby lips
And GI don't Dneed no Gman
[Chorus]
GIs that you Reuben?
GIs that you Reuben?
GWhere have you Dbeen so long? x2
[Solo] 
|    G|    G|  G   D|    G|
|    G|    C|  G   D|    G|
[Verse 4]
GWell, the longest train that I ever saw
GIt was D90 Gcoaches long
GAnd the only man that CI ever loved
He was Gon that Dtrain and Ggone
[Chorus]
GIs that you Reuben?
GIs that you Reuben?
GWhere have you Dbeen so long? x2
[Bridge]
GOh, where'd you get that hat you wear
GAnd that coat you got so Cfine
GWell, I got my hat from a railroad man
And my coat from a Dworker in the Gmine
[Chorus]
GIs that you Reuben?
GIs that you Reuben?
GWhere have you Dbeen so long? x2
[Solo]
|    G|    G|  G   D|    G|
|    G|    C|  G   D|    G|
[Verse 5]
GWell, Reuben made a train and he put it on the track
GRun it to the Dlord knows where
GReuben made a train and he put it on the track
Run it to the Dlord knows Gwhere

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Reuben

by The Be Good Tanyas

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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[Intro]

[Verse 1]

Well, who's gonna shoe your pretty little foot

G D G

Who's gonna glove your hand

G C

Who's gonna kiss your red ruby lips

G D G

And who's gonna be your man

[Chorus]

Is that you Reuben?

G D

Where have you been so long? x2

[Verse 2]

Well, papa's gonna shoe my pretty little foot

G D G

Mama's gonna glove my hand

Sister's gonna kiss my red ruby lips

G D G

And I don't need no man

[Verse 3]

Well, I don't need no man, no

G D G

I don't need no man

G C

Sister's gonna kiss my red ruby lips

G D G

And I don't need no man

[Chorus]

Is that you Reuben?

G D

Where have you been so long? x2

[Solo]

G G G D G

| | | | |

G C G D G

| | | | |

[Verse 4]

Well, the longest train that I ever saw

G D G

It was 90 coaches long

G C

And the only man that I ever loved

G D G

He was on that train and gone

[Chorus]

Is that you Reuben?

G D

Where have you been so long? x2

[Bridge]

Oh, where'd you get that hat you wear

G C

And that coat you got so fine

Well, I got my hat from a railroad man

D G

And my coat from a worker in the mine

[Chorus]

Is that you Reuben?

G D

Where have you been so long? x2

[Solo]

G G G D G

| | | | |

G C G D G

| | | | |

[Verse 5]

Well, Reuben made a train and he put it on the track

G D

Run it to the lord knows where

Reuben made a train and he put it on the track

D G

Run it to the lord knows where

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