Irene chords by Emma Andersen

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: A

Intro:

A   D   A/C# (x2)


Verse 1:
   A              D                A/C#
To have your hand held through the darkness
A             D           A/C#
  That's what most people want and
  A           D              A/C#
I knew it too well cause you held me through hell
  A         D              A/C#
I   don't know what's more honest

  A         D                A/C#
I hear your song through the breeze
A           D        A/C#
Humming for   sweet Irene
         A                D             A/C#
And I'll know that you're here when the melody appears
         A                  D          A/C#
And I'll sing the words you want me to hear

  A            D A/C#
I fear the day I wake up alone
         A        D          A/C#
Cause my name's escaped your mind
         A           D       A/C#
But I'll know it was there for sixty years
        A           D            A/C#
And I'm glad it occupied that much time


Chorus:
 A     D         A/C#
Irene Irene will sing for me
    A         D                 A/C#
Her name will live through your melodies
 A     D         A/C#
Irene Irene more bitter than sweet
         A            D        A/C#
But I'll cling to the gift she gave me


Verse 2:
A             D     A/C#
Midnight blue   skies of stars
        A         D         A/C#
Will forever stay stuck in my heart
     A          D        A/C#
When life goes awry I'll turn to the sky
      A         D       A/C#
And remember me in your arms

        A            D   A/C#
I still fear the day I wake up alone
         A        D          A/C#
Cause my name's escaped your mind
         A           D       A/C#
But I'll know it was there for sixty years
        A           D            A/C#
And I'm glad it occupied that much time


Chorus:
 A     D         A/C#
Irene Irene will sing for me
    A         D                 A/C#
Her name will live through your memories
 A     D         A/C#
Irene Irene more bitter than sweet
         A            D        A/C#
But I'll cling to the gift she gave me


Outro:
 A D A/C#
Irene
 A D A/C#
Irene
     A                D             A/C#
I'll know that you're here when the melody appears
         A                  D          A/C#
And I'll sing the words you want me to hear