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GOODNIGHT IRENE
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[C]Last Saturday night I got [G7]married me and my wife settled [C]down
[C]Now me and my [C7]wife have [F]parted gonna [G7]take another stroll down [C]town
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[C]Irene good[G7]night, Irene good[C]night
[C]Goodnight Ir[C7]ene, good[F]night Irene I'll [G7]see you in my [C]dreams
[C]Sometimes I live in the [G7]country sometimes I live in the [C]town
[C]Sometimes I [C7]have a great [F]notion to [G7]jump into the river and [C]drown
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[C]Quit your ramblin' and quit your [G7]gamblin', quit stayin' out late at [C]night
Stay home with your [C7]wife and [F]family sit [G7]down by the fireside [C]bright
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[C]I asked your mother [G7]for you, she told me that you were too [C]young
I wished to [C7]God I'd never [F]seen your face, I'm [G7]sorry you ever were [C]born
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