{t:Goodnight, Irene}
{st:Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter (1933)}
{c: strum: | d - D - D - | 3/4, 1 2 3}
{soc}
[C]Irene, good-[G7]night,
Irene, good-[C]night
Goodnight, Ir-[C7]ene,
Good-[F]night, Irene
I'll [G7]see you in my [C]dreams
{eoc}
{c:verse 1}
Last [C]Saturday night I got [G7]married
Me and my wife settled [C]down
Now me and my [C7]wife have [F]parted
I'm gonna [G7]take a little stroll down-[C]town
{soc}
[C]Irene, good-[G7]night,
Irene, good-[C]night
Goodnight, Ir-[C7]ene,
Good-[F]night, Irene
I'll [G7]see you in my [C]dreams
{eoc}
{c:verse 2}
[C]Sometimes I live in the [G7]country,
Sometimes I live in [C]town.
Sometimes I [C7]take a great [F]notion
To [G7]jump into the river and [C]drown.
{soc}
[C]Irene, good-[G7]night,
Irene, good-[C]night
Goodnight, Ir-[C7]ene,
Good-[F]night, Irene
I'll [G7]see you in my [C]dreams
{eoc}
{c:verse 3}
Stop [C]ramblin' and stop [G7]gamblin'
Quit staying out late at [C]night
Go home to your [C7]wife and your [F]family
Stay [G7]there by the fireside [C]bright
{soc}
[C]Irene, good-[G7]night,
Irene, good-[C]night
Goodnight, Ir-[C7]ene,
Good-[F]night, Irene
I'll [G7]see you in my [C]dreams
{eoc}
{c:verse 4}
[C]I love Irene, God [G7]knows I do
I'll love her till the sea runs [C]dry
If Irene [C7]turns her [F]back on me
I'm gonna [G7]take morphine and [C]die
{soc}
[C]Irene, good-[G7]night,
Irene, good-[C]night
Goodnight, Ir-[C7]ene,
Good-[F]night, Irene
I'll [G7]see you in my [C]dreams
Goodnight, Ir-[C7]ene,
Good-[F]night, Irene
I'll [G7]see you in my [C]dreams
{eoc}
