Tom Waits – Goodnight Irene (Guitar)
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Goodnight Irene, the way Tom Waits plays it, A and A7 are really interchangeable,
and it doesn't make much a difference if you play one instead of the other,
this is just how I like it. In the verses you can do a also do a similar thing as the Chorus,
going from A to A7, but I just kept in simple.
[Intro]
D D7 G D A D A
[Chorus]
D A A7 Irene, good night, Irene A7 D Irene, good night D D7 Good night, Irene G Good night, Irene D A7 D A7 I kiss you in my dreams
[Verse 1]
D A7 Last Saturday night I got married D Me and my wife settled down D D7 G Now me and my wife are parted D A7 D A7 I'm gonna take me a little stroll uptown
[Chorus]
D A A7 Irene, good night, Irene A7 D Irene, good night D D7 Good night, Irene G Good night, Irene D A7 D A7 I kiss you in my dreams
[Verse 2]
D A7 Sometimes I live in the country D Sometimes I live in town D D7 G Sometimes I take a great notion D A7 D A7 To jump in the river and drown
[Chorus]
A7 D A A7 Ooh-Irene, good night, Irene A7 D Irene, good night D D7 Good night, Irene G Good night, Irene D A7 D A7 I kiss you in my dreams
[Verse 3]
D A7 I love Irene, God knows I do A7 D I'll love her till the sea runs dry D D7 G If she ever loves another D A7 D A7 I'm gonna take morphine and die
[Interlude]
D A7 D A7
[Chorus]
A7 D A A7 Ooh-Irene, good night, Irene A7 D Irene, good night D D7 Good night, Irene G Good night, Irene D A7 D A7 I kiss you in my dreams
[Verse 4]
D A7 Stop your rambling, stop your gambling A7 D Stop staying out late at night D D7 G Go home to your wife and your family D A7 D A7 Sit down by the fire light
[Chorus]
A7 ¡EVERYBODY! A7 D A A7 Ooh-Irene, good ni------ight A7 D Irene, good night D D7 Good night, Irene G Good night, Irene D A7 D A7 I kiss you in my dreams G D A A7 Ooh-Irene, good ni-------ight A7 D Irene, good night D D7 Good night, Irene G Good night, Irene D A7 G D I kiss you in my dreams