Leadbelly
Goodnight, Irene
[Verse]
D A7
Asked your mother for you
D
She told me that you was too young
G
I wish, dear Lord, that I’d never seen your face
D A D
I’m sorry you ever was born.
[Chorus]
D A7
Irene, Goodnight
D
Irene, Goodnight
G
Goodnight, Irene, Goodnight, Irene
D A D
I’ll get you in my dreams.
[Verse]
D A7
Sometimes I live in the country,
D
Sometimes I live in town.
G
Sometimes I haves a great notion
D A D
To jump into the river and drown.
[Chorus]
D A7
Stop ramblin’ and stop gamblin’
D
Quit staying out late at night
G
Go home to your wife and your family
D A D
Stay down by the fireside bright
[Chorus]
D A7
I loves Irene, God knows I do
D
Love her till the sea runs dry
G
If Irene turns her back on me
D A D
I’m gonna take morphine and die
