{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1147133,"song":"Goodnight Irene","artist":"Leadbelly","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11254959-goodnight-irene-chords-by-leadbelly/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1147133?type=chord","rating":4.92244,"votes":242,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI asked your mother for you[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe told me that you was too young[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI wish dear Lord that I'd never seen your face[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm sorry that you ever was born[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIrene, goodnight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIrene, goodnight[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGoodnight, Irene, goodnight, Irene[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI get you in my dreams[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSometimes I live in the country[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSometimes I live in town[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSometimes I take a great notion[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo jump into the river and drown[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIrene, goodnight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIrene, goodnight[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGoodnight, Irene, goodnight, Irene[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI get you in my dreams[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStop rambling and stop gambling[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D7[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStop staying out late at night[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGo home to your wife and your family[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSit down by the fireside bright[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIrene, goodnight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIrene, goodnight[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGoodnight, Irene, goodnight, Irene[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI get you in my dreams[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI love Irene, God knows I do[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D7[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll love her till the seas run dry[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf Irene should turn her back on me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]*** *\r\nI'd take the morphine and die[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nNOT IN THIS RECORDING\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLast Saturday night, I got married[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMe and my wife settled down[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow me and my wife are parted[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna take another stroll downtown[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNOT IN THIS RECORDING\n\n[Verse 4]","chords":["G","D","D7","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}