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Goodnight Irene
(Leadbelly, Weavers)

[chorus]:
    CGG7C
    Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight
    CC7F
    Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene, I'll
    G7C
    see you in my dreams.
CGG7
Sometimes I live in the country, sometimes I
CCC7F
live in town, Sometimes I have a great notion to
G7C
jump in the river and drown.
[chorus]
CGG7
Quit rambling and quit gambling, quit staying
CCC7
out late at night, Stay home with your wife and
FG7C
family, sit down by the fireside bright.
[chorus]
     
CGG7
I love Irene, God knows I do, I'll love her 'til
CCC7F
the seas run dry. And if Irene turns her back on
G7C
me, I'll take morphine and die.
[chorus]
CG
You cause me to weep, you cause me to mourn, you
G7CC
cause me to leave my home. But the very last
C7FG7
words I heard her say was "Please sing me one
C
more song."

Goodnight Irene                                   
(Leadbelly, Weavers)                              
                                                  
[chorus]:                                         
    Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight              
    Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene, I'll        
    see you in my dreams.                         
                                                  
Sometimes I live in the country, sometimes I      
live in town, Sometimes I have a great notion to  
jump in the river and drown.                      
                                                  
[chorus]                                          
                                                  
Quit rambling and quit gambling, quit staying     
out late at night, Stay home with your wife and   
family, sit down by the fireside bright.          
                                                  
[chorus]                                          
                                                  
I love Irene, God knows I do, I'll love her 'til  
the seas run dry. And if Irene turns her back on  
me, I'll take morphine and die.                   
                                                  
[chorus]                                          
                                                  
You cause me to weep, you cause me to mourn, you  
cause me to leave my home. But the very last      
words I heard her say was "Please sing me one     
more song."