Goodnight Irene Chords

Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Am E F G x1

G Darlin' it's so Am dark

 In this E house

 'Cept for this F light

  My slow candle G burning

 And I know you're Am somewhere

 I always did E feel it

 I got a F new song

 You might never G hear

Chorus

 Goodnight, C Irene

 I got your Am trouble

 I read your F letters

 You sent like a G bomb

 And when you're C gone

 We're all gonna Am miss you

 Your perfume like F cigarettes and the sea

 My name that you G always wore like grief

 Goodnight, C Irene

 I grew up kind of Am lonesome

 The saint of the E sinners

 The voice of the F dogs

 You find in the G rain

 So I just keep Am working

 I just keep E driving

 Nobody writes F

 The blues G anymore

Chorus

 And in my G mind

 There's a C dream

 Where the F telephone C rang

 Just G before the C ring

 Took a F vow and Am abandoned her C hand

 In a G closet where C white dresses F hang

 Were Am eyes declaring G war

Chorus