Biography:
Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie (July 14, 1912–October 3, 1967) was an American songwriter and folk musician. Guthrie's musical legacy consists of hundreds of songs, ballads and improvised works covering topics from political themes to traditional songs to children's songs. Guthrie performed continually throughout his life with his guitar frequently displaying the slogan "This Machine Kills Fascists". Guthrie is perhaps best known for his song "This Land Is Your Land", which is regularly sung in American schools.
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Other songs:
- 1913 Massacre
- All You Fascists
- Bad Lee Brown Cocaine Blues
- Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
- Hobo's Lullaby
- Hobos Lullaby
- Jesus Christ
- This Land Is Your Land
- Tom Joad
- A Picture From Lifes Other Side
- Baltimore To Washington
- Biggest Thing Man Has Ever Done
- Blowin Down That Old Dusty Road
- Blowin Down This Old Dusty Road
- Brown Eyes
- Danville Girl
- Deportee
- Do Re Mi
- Dust Bowl Refugee
- Dust Cant Kill Me
- God Blessed America For Me
- Grand Coulee Dam
- Greenback Dollar
- Gypsy Davy
- Hard Aint It Hard
- Hard Times
- Hard Travelin
- Hard Travellin
- I Aint Got No Home
- Ive Got To Know
- Jarama Valley
- Jessie James
- Jolly Banker
- Little Black Train
- Lonesome Day
- Ludlow Massacre
- Mail Myself To You
- Miss Pavlichenko
- My Revolutionary Mind
- Oregon Trail
- Pastures Of Plenty
- Philadelphia Lawyer
- Portland Town
- Pretty Boy Floyd
- Ramblin Round
- Riding In My Car
- Roll On Columbia
- Slipknot Hangknot Slipknot
- Snow Deer
- So Long Its Been Good
- So Long Its Been Good To Know You
- Stepstone
- Talking Dust Bowl Blues
- The Ballad Of John Henry
- The Rangers Command
- The Sinking Of The Reuben James
- Theres More Pretty Girls Than One
- This Train Is Bound For Glory
- Train 45
- Two Good Men
- Vigilante Man
- What Are We Waiting On
- Wreck Of The Old 97
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Verse 1
G G D G
Have you heard of a ship called the good Reuben James
G D G
Manned by hard fighting men both of honor and fame?
G C G
She flew the Stars and Stripes of the land of the free
G D G
But tonight she's in her grave at the bottom of the sea.
(Chorus)
G C Am
Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names,
D C G
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?
G C Am
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
D C G
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James
Verse 2
G G D G
Well, a hundred men went down in that dark watery grave
G D G
When that good ship went down only forty-four were saved.
G C G
'Twas the last day of October we saved the forty-four
G D G
From the cold ocean waters and the cold icy shore.
(Chorus)
G C Am
Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names,
D C G
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?
G C Am
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
D C G
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James
Verse 3
G G D G
It was there in the dark of that uncertain night
G D G
That we watched for the U-boats and waited for a fight.
G C G
Then a whine and a rock and a great explosion roared
G D G
And they laid the Reuben James on that cold ocean floor.
(Chorus)
G C Am
Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names,
D C G
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?
G C Am
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
D C G
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James
Verse 4
G G D G
Now tonight there are lights in our country so bright
G D G
In the farms and in the cities they're telling of the fight.
G C G
And now our mighty battleships will steam the bounding main
G D G
And remember the name of that good Reuben James.
((Chorus)
G C Am
Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names,
D C G
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?
G C Am
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
D C G
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James
G G D G
Have you heard of a ship called the good Reuben James
G D G
Manned by hard fighting men both of honor and fame?
G C G
She flew the Stars and Stripes of the land of the free
G D G
But tonight she's in her grave at the bottom of the sea.
(Chorus)
G C Am
Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names,
D C G
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?
G C Am
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
D C G
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James
Verse 2
G G D G
Well, a hundred men went down in that dark watery grave
G D G
When that good ship went down only forty-four were saved.
G C G
'Twas the last day of October we saved the forty-four
G D G
From the cold ocean waters and the cold icy shore.
(Chorus)
G C Am
Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names,
D C G
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?
G C Am
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
D C G
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James
Verse 3
G G D G
It was there in the dark of that uncertain night
G D G
That we watched for the U-boats and waited for a fight.
G C G
Then a whine and a rock and a great explosion roared
G D G
And they laid the Reuben James on that cold ocean floor.
(Chorus)
G C Am
Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names,
D C G
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?
G C Am
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
D C G
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James
Verse 4
G G D G
Now tonight there are lights in our country so bright
G D G
In the farms and in the cities they're telling of the fight.
G C G
And now our mighty battleships will steam the bounding main
G D G
And remember the name of that good Reuben James.
((Chorus)
G C Am
Tell me what were their names, tell me what were their names,
D C G
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James?
G C Am
What were their names, tell me, what were their names?
D C G
Did you have a friend on the good Reuben James
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