Leadbelly, Weavers - Goodnight Irene (chords and lyrics)

Preview "Goodnight Irene" (to help remember the tune).

Goodnight Irene
(Leadbelly, Weavers)

[chorus]:

	C	G	G7		C
	Irene	goodnig	ht,	Irene	goodnight

		C		C7		F
	Good	night	I	rene,	good	night	Irene,	I'll

	G7				C
	see	you	in	my	dreams.

	C					G		G7
Some	times	I	live	in	the	country,	some	times	I

		C		C		C7			F
live	in	town,	Some	times	I	have	a	great	notion	to

G7					C
jump	in	the	river	and	drown.

[chorus]

	C		G		G7
Quit	rambling	and	quit	gambling,	quit	staying

		C				C			C7
out	lat	e	at	night,	Stay	home	with	your	wife	and

F		G7				C
family,	sit	down	by	the	fireside	bright.

[chorus]

	C			G					G7
I	love	Irene,	Go	d	knows	I	do,	I'l	l love	her	'til

C

C

C7

F

the

seas

ru

n

dry.

And

if

I

rene

turns

her

back

on

		G7			C
me,	I'll	take	morphine	and	die.

[chorus]

	C					G
You	cause	me	to	weep,	you	cause	me	to	mourn,	you

G7					C			C
cause	me	to	leave	my	home.	But	the	very	last

C7		F					G7
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."