Goodnight Irene
By uddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly)
From "Margaritaville Late Night Gumbo"
submitted by Devin Kerins
with corrections by Joaquín Sánchez Lugo <el_juak@yahoo.com>

I            I/V           V7
A#         A#/F        F7
I--         rene good  night
1..2..3..1..2..3..1..2..3.. etc. etc.
 
II/IV IV       I
C/D#  D#       A#
I--rene goodnight
I         I/V    IV
A#        A#/F   D#
Goodnight Irene, goodnight,
     V        IV    I
     F        D#    A#
I'll kiss you in my dreams



  Irene, goodnight Irene

Irene, goodnight

Goodnight Irene, Goodnight Irene

I'll see you in my dreams

Last saturday night I got married

Me and my wife settled down

Now me and my wife are parted

Think I'll take a little stroll down town   

    Verse 2:
    I asked your mother for you
    She told me you was too young
    I wish to the Lord that I'd never seen your face
    I'm sorry you ever was born
 
    Verse 3:
    I love Irene, God knows I do,
    (I'll) love her 'til the seas run dry
    If Irene ever turns her back on me
    I'm gonna take morphine and die
 
Since you may or may not be Leadbelly fans, you might consider that pecatta minutta, but he also decides to ignore altogether a verse by Leadbelly that's also sung on the Jimmy Buffett version...
 
    Sometimes I live in the country,
    Sometimes I live in (the)** town,
    Sometimes I (have) get a great notion,
    To jump in(to) the river and drown
    ** the discrepancies are between the Leadbelly/Buffett versions
 
    Last night as I lay sleeping,
    As I lay across my bed,
    Last night I had this nightmare, oh god
    I dreamed Irene was dead