Leadbelly - Goodnight Irene Chords

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Irene, _ [E] _ _ goodnight.
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Irene, _ [A] _ goodnight.
_ _ _ _ Goodnight, _ Irene.
_ [D] Goodnight, _ Irene.
_ [E] I guessed you in [A] my dream.
_ _ I asked your mother [E] for you.
What'd she tell him?
He told me that you was [A] too young.
She's 18 years old.
I wish, dear Lord, that [D] I'd never seen your face. _
[E] I'm sorry you were _ [A] born.
He broke his heart. _
_ _ _ _ Irene, _ [E] goodnight. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Irene, _ [A] goodnight. _ _ _
_ Goodnight, _ _ Irene.
[D] Goodnight, _ Irene.
_ [E] I guessed you in [A] my dream. _
_ _ _ Sometimes I lived in [E] a country. _ _ _
_ _ Sometimes _ I [A] lived in town. _
_ _ Sometimes _ I had [D] a great no-jump. _
_ _ [E] Jumping in until you're [A] worn down. _
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Irene, [E] _ _ _ goodnight.
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Irene, _ [A] _ goodnight. _
_ _ _ Goodnight, _ Irene.
[D] And goodnight, Irene.
[E] I guessed you in [A] my dream.
_ Stop ramblin' _ _ [E] and stop _ _ _ gamblin'.
Quit _ stayin' out [A] late at night.
What are you gonna do?
Go home and tell your wife and [D] your family what you ought to be.
[E] And sit down by the far [A] side and keep a-comin' at it.
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Irene, _ _ goodnight. _
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Irene, _ [A] goodnight. _ _
_ _ _ Goodnight, Irene.
[D] And goodnight, Irene.
_ [E] I guessed you in [A] my dream. _
_ I love _ Irene.
[E] God knows I do.
Love her till the sea [A] runs dry. _ _
_ _ _ If Irene turns [D] her back on me.
What you gonna [F#m] do?
I'm [E] gonna take a _ [A] morphine and die.
She said, go ahead and kill yourself then.
_ _ _ Irene, _ [B] _ _ [E] goodnight. _
_ _ _ _ Irene, _ [A] _ goodnight. _ _
_ Goodnight, _ Irene.
[D] And goodnight, Irene. _
[E] I guessed you in [A] my dream. _ _
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