Good Night Irene Chords
Good Night Irene by Woody Guthrie is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, D7, G7 and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G D D7 G
As young love for you, she told me that you was too young,
G7 C G D7 G
I wish, the Lord, that I’d never seen your face, I’m sorry you all was born.
G D D7 G
Irene good ni…ght, Irene good night,
G7 C D D7 G
good night Irene, good night Irene, I’ll see you in my dreams.
G D D7 G
Sometimes I lives in the country, sometimes I lives in town,
G7 C G D7 G
sometimes I have the great notion to jump in into the river and drown.
G D D7 G
Irene good ni…ght, Irene good night,
G7 C D D7 G
good night Irene, good night Irene, I’ll see you in my dreams.
G D D7 G
Stop rambling and stop gambling, quit staying out late at night
G7 C G D7 G
go home unto your wife and your family, stay down by the fireside bright.
G D D7 G
Irene good ni…ght, Irene good night,
G7 C D D7 G
good night Irene, good night Irene, I’ll see you in my dreams.
G D D7 G
I loves Irene, God knows I do, loves her till the sea runs dry,
G7 C G D7 G
if Irene turns her back on me, I'm gonna take morphine and die.
G D D7 G
Irene good ni…ght, Irene good night,
G7 C D D7 G
good night Irene, good night Irene, I’ll see you in my dreams.