Goodnight Irene Chords by Ry Cooder

[E] _ _ _ _ I _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ [B] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ asked your mother [B] for you. _ _ _
_ She told me [C#m] that you [F#m] was [E] too young.
[A] _ [E] _
_ I wish dear Lord never [A] have seen [F#m] your face.
[B] I'm sorry that you ever [E] been born. _
_ _ _ I _ ring [A] [B] goodnight.
[F#m] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ I [C#m] _ [B] ring [E] goodnight. _
_ _ [D#m] _ [E] Goodnight I ring.
_ [A] Goodnight _
[F#m] I ring.
[B] I [A] get [B] you _ [E] in my dreams. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Sometimes _ I live [F#m] in the country.
_ [B] _ _ And [G#m] sometimes [F#m] I _ [E] lives in town.
_ _ _ Sometimes _ [A] I [E] have [A] a great notion.
_ To _ [B] jump in to the river _ [E] and drown. _ _ _ _ _
I ring _ [B] goodnight.
_ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
I _ ring _ [E]
[A] goodnight.
_ [E] _ _ _
Goodnight I ring.
[A] Goodnight _ [F#m] I ring.
[B] I get [F#m] [B] you in [E] my dreams. _ _ _ _
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[B] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [E] _
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[D#] _ _ [C#m] _ [B] _ [F#m] _ [C#m] _
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_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ [B] _
_ [A] _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _
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I loves Irene. _
God [B] knows I do. _ _ _
Loves her till the sea [E] runs dry. _ _ _ _ _
_ If Irene [A]
turns her back on me.
_ [B] I'm gonna take _ _ morphine [E] and die.
_ _ [C#m] _ [D#] _ [E] _
Stop rambling [A] and [B] start _ yammering.
_ Quit staying [F#m] out late at [E] night.
_ _ _ _ Come home to your [Bm] wife and [A] your family.
_ [F#m] _ _ [B] Sit up by the _ [E] fireside bright.
_ [D#] _ _ [E]
I _ ring [B] goodnight.
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [B]
I _ ring _ [E]
goodnight. _ _ _ _
Goodnight I ring.
[A] Goodnight _ [F#m] I ring.
[B] I get you [F#m] in [E] my [A] dreams.
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