Goodnight Irene chords by Eric Clapton

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: E

Difficulty: Intermediate

3/4 time

Intro:
A A E E E E A A A A7 D B7 E E A A
each Chord is one bar, 3 counts

"Goodnight Irene" Eric Clapton

Verse:
   A          E
Last Saturday night I got married,
E           A
Me and my wife settled down.
  A     A7    D
Now me and my wife are parted,
   B7      E     A
Gonna take a little stroll downtown.

Chorus:
 A    E   E     A
Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight.
A     A7   D     B7
Goodnight Irene, Goodnight Irene.
E         A
I´ll see you in my dreams.

Verse:
   A          E
Stop ramblin´, stop your gamblin´,
E        A
Stop stayin´out late at night.
         A7      D
Come home to your wife and your family,
  B7     E    A
And sit by the fire so bright.


Chorus:
 A    E   E     A
Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight.
A     A7   D     B7
Goodnight Irene, Goodnight Irene.
E         A
I´ll see you in my dreams.


A A E E E E A A A A7 D B7 E E A A


Verse:
 A            E
I love Irene, God knows I do,
E         A
Love her ´til the rivers run dry.
         A7      D
If Irene should ever turn her back on me,
   B7  E      A
Gonna take morphine and die.


 A    E   E     A
Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight.
A     A7   D     B7
Goodnight Irene, Goodnight Irene.
E         A
I´ll see you in my dreams.

 A    E   E     A
Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight.
A     A7   D     B7
Goodnight Irene, Goodnight Irene.
E         A
I´ll see you in my dreams.

A     A7   D     B7
Goodnight Irene, Goodnight Irene.
E         A
I´ll see you in my dreams.