Goodnight Irene

[Intro]
| A | E7 | A |

[Chorus]
A          E7
Irene good night
            A
Irene good night
            A7          D7        D7/F#
Good night Irene, good night Irene
  E7                 A
I guess you're in my dreams

[Verse 1]
  A                     E7
I asked your mother for you
What'd she tell him?
                               A
She told me that you was too young
She's 18 years old
            A7                  D7            D7/F#
I wish dear Lord that I'd never seen your face
    E7                   A
I'm sorry you ever were born
It broke his heart!

[Chorus]
A          E7
Irene good night
            A
Irene good night
            A7         D7     D7/F#
Good night Irene, good night Irene 
  E7                 A
I guess you're in my dreams

[Verse 2]
    A                          E7
Sometimes I live in the country
                     A
Sometimes I live in town
            A7              D7  D7/F#
Sometimes I haves a great notion
        E7                       A
Jumping in, into the river and drown

[Chorus]
A           E7
Irene good night
            A
Irene good night
            A7          D7        D7/F#
Good night Irene, good night Irene
  E7                 A
I guess you're in my dreams

[Verse 3]
         A                 E7
Stop ramblin' and stop gamblin'
                          A
Quit staying out late at night
What are ya gonna do?
                A7           D7
Go home to your wife and family
                 D7/F#
Where you oughta be   
          E7                     A
And sit down out by the fireside bright
And people come at night

[Chorus]
A           E7
Irene good night
            A
Irene good night
            A7          D7    D7/F#
Good night Irene, good night Irene 
  E7                 A
I guess you're in my dreams

[Verse 4]
  A               E7
I love Irene, God knows I do, too late
                              A
I love her 'til the sea runs dry
    A7              D7               D7/F#
If Irene turns her back on me Whatcha
gonna do?
          E7                 A
I'm gonna take morphine and die
She said,
"go ahead and kill yourself then!"

[Chorus]
A           E7
Irene good night
            A
Irene good night
            A7          D7    D7/F#
Good night Irene, good night Irene 
  E7                 A
I guess you're in my dreams