3/4 time
[Intro]
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each Chord is one bar, 3 counts
"Goodnight Irene" Eric Clapton
[Verse]
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Last Saturday night I got married,
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Me and my wife settled down.
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Now me and my wife are parted,
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Gonna take a little stroll downtown.
[Chorus]
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Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight.
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Goodnight Irene, Goodnight Irene.
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I´ll see you in my dreams.
[Verse]
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Stop ramblin´, stop your gamblin´,
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Stop stayin´out late at night.
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Come home to your wife and your family,
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And sit by the fire so bright.
[Chorus]
A E E A
Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight.
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Goodnight Irene, Goodnight Irene.
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I´ll see you in my dreams.
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[Verse]
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I love Irene, God knows I do,
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Love her ´til the rivers run dry.
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If Irene should ever turn her back on me,
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Gonna take morphine and die.
A E E A
Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight.
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Goodnight Irene, Goodnight Irene.
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I´ll see you in my dreams.
A E E A
Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight.
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Goodnight Irene, Goodnight Irene.
E A
I´ll see you in my dreams.
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Goodnight Irene, Goodnight Irene.
E A
I´ll see you in my dreams.