Chords for Nat King Cole Goodnight Irene

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_ _ _ _ [Bbm] If _ I [Bb] were [Fm] a little bird, [Gb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Bbm] _ I'd fly from tree _ to [Ebm] _ tree.
[Gb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ [Fm] I'd build _
[Eb] my nest _ _ way [Gb] up in [Gm] the air, _ _ where [Bbm] the bad girls _ _
[F] could [F] not bother me.
[B] Want _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ to try one? _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Db] Love, _
[Bbm] _ [Ab] oh love, [C] _ _ [Bbm] careless _ [Gb] love.
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[Bbm] _ You fly _ to the _ _ _ headlights.
[Ebm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] You write the [Abm] lines _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ for a [Gm]
girl.
_ And [Db] you _ [Bbm] nearly _ [Ab] wreck this life of mine. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ Love, _ [Bb] _ oh love, [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] love.
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[Ab] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ You're broke, _
[Bbm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ but [Ab] you'll never _ _ _ _ break this heart.
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_ [Ab] I ring [Gm] _ [C] goodnight.
_ _ _ I ring _
[F] goodnight.
_ _ _ Goodnight, _ Irene.
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[C] I'll see you in [F] my _ [C] dreams.
[F] Last _ [G] Saturday night I [C] got married.
_ _ _ Me and my love [F] settled down. _ _
Now me and my _ [Bb] love are apart. _
_ [C] I'm gonna take another stroll [F] downtown.
_ _ _ _ I _
[Abm] _ ring [C] goodnight. _ _ _ _
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_ _ Goodnight, _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
Irene.
_ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[F] Sometimes [G] I live in [C] the country.
_ _ _ Sometimes I live [F] in town.
_ _ _ Sometimes I have a [Bb] great notion.
_ You [C] jump into the river [F] and drown.
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [D] I ring [C] _ goodnight. _ _ _ _
I'll _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [C] see you in my [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] dreams. _
[Abm] Ramblin', stop [C] your _ _ gamblin'.
Stop staying out late [F] at night. _
_ Go home to your wife [Bb] and your family.
_ [C] Sit down by the [F] fireside _ [Gm] bright. _ _
[F] _ [Ab] I ring [C] _ goodnight.
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_ _ _ _ Goodnight, _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ Irene.
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_ _ _ _ [Ab] I'll _ _
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_ _ [Gm] see [C] you [F] in my dreams.
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