C                       G                                C
Sometimes I live in the country, sometimes I live in the town
            C7          F         G                     C
Sometimes I get a great notion to jump in the river and drown.
          G                C
Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight
           C7        F  
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
     G             C
I?ll see you in my dreams.
                                  G                                        C
Sometimes there?s a change in the ocean, sometimes there?s a change in the sea
                    C7           F                 G                  C
Sometimes there?s a change in my one true love but never no change in me.
          G                C
Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight
           C7        F
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
     G             C
I?ll see you in my dreams.
                    G                           C
From every danger a haven, after each tempest a still
           C7            F                  G                            C
If you are gone when the morning comes I?ll meet you in the house on the hill.
                 G                                          C
I love Irene God knows I do, I love her till the rivers run dry
            C7          F                    G                      C
The better Irene should leave me, Lord, I?ll take morphine and I?ll die.
          G                C
Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight
           C7        F
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
     G             C
I?ll see you in my dreams.
          C7         F
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
     G             C
I?ll see you in my dreams.
           C7        F
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
     G             C
I?ll see you in my dreams.