Rubin And Cherise Chords by Jerry Garcia Band, Jerry Garcia

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_ [F#] _ [B] [F#] Cherise was [E] brushing her [B] long hair [F#] gently down.
_ It was the afternoon of [E] carnival, _ as [B] she brushes [F#] it gently down.
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[F#] [E] Reuben was [Bm] strumming his [F#] painted mandolin. _ _
Was a maid with a pretty [E] face in jade, _ [B] playing the [E] carnival parade.
_ _ [B] [F#] Cherise was [E] dressing as [B] pure [F#] wet and white, _ when a fatal vision [E] gripped her tight.
_ [B] Cherise, [F#] beware tonight.
_ _ _ [B] [F#] Reuben, [E] Reuben, [F#] tell me truly true.
_ I've been [B] afraid and I [F#] don't know [E] why I do.
_ [F#] Is there another [E] girl for you? _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] If you [F#] could see my [E] heart, [B] you would know it's true.
There's none Cherise, except [A] for you.
Except [G#] for you.
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[B] I swear [F#] to it on [B] my very soul, [F#] if I lie [E] may I fall down in cold.
_ _ _ _ _ [B] [F#] When [E] Reuben played [B] on his [F#] painted mandolin, _ _ the [F#] breeze would pause to [E] listen in.
_ Before [B] going its [F#] way again, _ [B] the [F#] masquerade [E] began when [B] nightfall [F#] finally woke.
_ _ [B] Light waves [F#] against the fence [E] and dancers broke to [B] [F#] the [E] painted mandolin. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] [F#] Looking out on a crowd, [B] who's standing there?
Sweet Reuben came and [A] Reuben stared, _ [G#] and Reuben stared.
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[B] She [F#] was dressed as [B] pure wet and red, and her [F#] hair hung [E] gently down.
_ _ _ _ _ [B] The crowd [E] pressed round, [B] Reuben [F#] stood as though alone.
_ Reuben's song took [E] on a different tone, _ and he [F#] played it just for her.
_ [B] The [F#] song that [E] he played was [F#] the carnival parade.
_ _ [B] Each note [F#] cut a thread [E] of Cherise's fate.
_ [B] [F#] It cut [E] through like a blade. _
_ [B] [F#] Reuben's [E] playing his [F#] painted mandolin, _ _ when Ruby frozen [E] turned to stone. _
For [B] the strings played [F#] all alone, _ _ [B] [F#] the voice [E] of Cherise [F#] from the face on the mandolin.
_ _ Singing Reuben, [E] Reuben tell me true, _ [B] for I [F#] have no one [E] but you. _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] If you could [F#] see my [E] heart, [B] you would know it's true.
There's nothing Cherise [A] except for you, [G#] except for you.
_ [C#m] I swear [B] to it [B] on my very soul, if I [F#] lie may I [E] fall down in cold. _ _ _ _
[F#] The [B] truth of [B] love and nonsense I [F#] must tell. _
The cause of love must [E] follow the line, _ _ [B] without a [F#] look behind.
_ _ [B] [F#] Reuben [E] walked the [B] streets of [F#] New Orleans till dawn.
_ Cherise so lightly [E] in his arms, _ [F#] and her [E] hair hung gently down.
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