Goodnight Irene

Ernest Tubb

Written by Huddie Ledbetter, John Lomax

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

G          D7
Irene  Goodnight
              G
Irene   goodnight  goodnight Irene
     C
Good night Irene
     D7            G
I'll see you in my dreams

Verse 2

                          D7
Last Saturday night I got married
                       G
Me and my wife settled down
                        C
Now me and my wife have parted
      D7                       G
Gonna take another stroll down town

Verse 1

G          D7
Irene  Goodnight
              G
Irene   goodnight  goodnight Irene
     C
Good night Irene
     D7            G
I'll see you in my dreams

Verse 3

                        D7
Sometimes I live in the country
                    G
Sometimes I live in town
                        C
Sometimes I take a fool notion
   D7                    G
To jump in the river and drown

Verse 1

G          D7
Irene  Goodnight
              G
Irene   goodnight  goodnight Irene
     C
Good night Irene
     D7            G
I'll see you in my dreams

Verse 4

                    D7
Stop rambling  stop gambling
                         G
Stop staying out late at night
                         C
Go home to your wife and family
    D7                   G
And stay by the fireside bright

Verse 1

G          D7
Irene  Goodnight
              G
Irene   goodnight  goodnight Irene
     C
Good night Irene
     D7            G
I'll see you in my dreams