Intro: D7  G 

G                        D7
I asked your mother for you, 
                                G
she told me that you were too young 
            G7            C
I wished to God I'd never seen your face, 
     D7                  G
I'm sorry you ever were born 

G          D7                G
Irene good-night, Irene good-night 
G            G7        C                 D7            G
Goodnight Ir-ene, good-night Ir-ene I'll see you in my dreams 

G                               D7
Sometimes I live in the country   
                           G
sometimes I live in the town 
G           G7           C
Sometimes I have a great not-ion 
         D7                 G
to jump into the river and drown 

G          D7                G
Irene good-night, Irene good-night 
G            G7        C                 D7            G
Goodnight Ir-ene, good-night Ir-ene I'll see you in my dreams 2 3 1 2 3 
                       
( E7  A )

A                                E7                                 A
Quit your ramblin' and quit your gamblin', quit stayin' out late at night 
                    A7       D           E7                   A
Stay home with your wife and fam-ily sit down by the fireside bright 

A          E7                A
Irene good-night, Irene good-night 
A            A7        D                 E7            A
Goodnight Ir-ene, good-night Ir-ene I'll see you in my dreams 

D                  A7
I loves Irene, God knows I do
                           D
Love her till the sea runs dry
                   G
If Irene turns her back on me
          D    A            D
I'm gonna take morphine and die

A          E7                A
Irene good-night, Irene good-night 
A            A7        D                 E7            A
Goodnight Ir-ene, good-night Ir-ene I'll see you in my dreams 
A          E7                A
Irene good-night, Irene good-night 
A            A7        D                 E7            A
Goodnight Ir-ene, good-night Ir-ene I'll see you in my dreams