Goodnight Irene Chords by The Weavers

[G] .
[F#] .
Irene, [C#] .
goodnight.
Irene, [F#m] [F#] goodnight.
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Goodnight, Irene.
[B] Goodnight, Irene.
[C#] I'll see you in [F#] my dreams.
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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.
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Goodnight, Irene.
[B].
Goodnight, Irene.
[C#] I'll see you in [F#] my dreams.
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Last Saturday night [C#] I got married.
Me and my wife [F#] settled down.
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Now me and my wife [B] are.
going to a party.
I'm going [C#] to take another stroll [F#m] [F#] downtown.
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Well, Irene, [F#m] [C#] .
goodnight.
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Irene, [F#] goodnight.
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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.
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Well, Irene, [D] [C#] .
goodnight.
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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.
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Go home to your [G#] [B] wife and.
family.
[G#m] [C#] Stay there by your [F#] fireside bright.
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Well, [D#m] Irene, [C#] .
goodnight.
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Irene, [F#m] [F#] goodnight.
Goodnight, Irene.
[B].
Goodnight, [G#m] Irene.
[C#] I'll.
see you in [F#] my dreams.
Goodnight, Irene.
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[B] Goodnight, [G#m] Irene.
[C#] I'll see you in [F#] my dreams.
[N] .