Goodnight Irene

Johnny Cash

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Key:
Intro: F6 C G C C
C C
C G Last Saturday night I got married,
C Me and my wife settled down.
C7 F Now me and my wife are parted;
G C Gonna take another stroll down-town.
C G Irene, good-night. Irene,
C good-night.
C7 F Goodnight. I-rene. Good-night, Irene.
G C I'll see you in my dreams.
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Interlúdio: F6 C G C
C C C
C G Some-times I live in the country.
C Sometimes I live in town.
C7 F Sometimes I take a fool notion
G C To jumo in the river and drown.
C G Irene, good-night. Irene,
C good-night.
C7 F Goodnight. I-rene. Good-night, Irene.
G C I'll see you in my dreams.
Interlúdio: F6 C G C C
C G Stop you're ramblin', stop you're gamblin'.
C Stop staying out late at night.
C7 F Go home to your wife and family.
G C Stay there by the fireside bright.
C G Irene, good-night. Irene,
C good-night.
C7 F Goodnight. I-rene. Good-night, Irene.
G C F6 C I'll see you in my dreams.
Song details

Composition: Leadbelly, John A Lomax Sr, John O'callaghan, and Mike Jackson

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