Goodnight Irene Chords by The Weavers

[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ Irene, _ [C#] _ _ _ .
_ goodnight.
_ _ _ Irene, _ [F#m] _ _ [F#] _ goodnight.
_ .
Goodnight, _ _ Irene.
_ [B] Goodnight, _ Irene.
[C#] I'll see you in [F#] my dreams.
_ _ .
We learned this song, Irene, from a friend of [C#] ours.
His name was Huty Leadbeater.
He _ .
called himself Leadbelly, king of the [F#] 12-string guitar.
Some people thought he was the greatest.
folk singer that ever lived in America.
[B] _ .
We knew him best as a [C#] rememberer of folk songs,.
and he taught us dozens of them, [F#] especially Irene.
This was his theme [G#m] song, and he sang.
it for over 30 years before he died.
Well, he died before Irene got to be known to so.
many millions of Americans.
_ Huty had a hard and wonderful life.
It's over now, [F#] but his.
songs are still very much alive.
_ _ .
_ _ Goodnight, Irene.
_ [B].
Goodnight, _ _ Irene.
[C#] I'll see you in [F#] my dreams.
_ .
_ Last Saturday night [C#] I got married.
_ _ _ Me and my wife [F#] settled down.
_ _ .
Now me and my wife [B] are.
going to a party.
_ _ I'm going [C#] to take another stroll [F#m] _ [F#] downtown.
_ _ _ .
Well, _ Irene, [F#m] _ [C#] _ _ .
_ _ goodnight.
_ _ _ .
Irene, _ _ [F#] _ _ goodnight.
_ .
_ Goodnight, _ Irene.
_ [B].
Goodnight, _ Irene.
_ [C#] I'll see.
you in [F#] my _ _ dreams.
_ Sometimes [A#m] I [A] live in [C#] the country.
_ _ _ Sometimes _ I [F#m] live _ [F#] _ _ _ .
in_. Sometimes I take [B] a great notion _ [C#] to jump into the river [F#] and _ drown.
_ .
Well, _ _ Irene, [D] _ [C#] _ .
_ _ _ goodnight.
_ _ _ .
Irene, _ [F#m] _ _ _ [F#] goodnight.
_ Goodnight, _ _ Irene.
[G#m].
Goodnight, _ _ Irene.
[C#] I'll.
see you in [F#] my _ dreams.
_ Stop rambling.
_ _ [F#m] Stop [C#] your gambling.
_ _ Stop _ [A#m] staying [A] out [F#] late at night.
_ _ .
Go home to your [G#] [B] wife and.
family.
[G#m] _ _ [C#] Stay there by your _ [F#] fireside bright.
_ _ _ .
Well, [D#m] _ Irene, _ [C#] _ _ .
_ _ goodnight.
_ _ _ _ .
Irene, _ [F#m] _ _ [F#] _ goodnight.
_ Goodnight, _ _ Irene.
[B].
Goodnight, _ [G#m] _ Irene.
[C#] I'll.
see you in [F#] my _ _ dreams.
_ Goodnight, _ Irene.
_ .
[B] Goodnight, _ _ [G#m] Irene.
[C#] I'll see you in [F#] my dreams.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ .