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Goodnight Irene Chords by Keith Richards

Goodnight Irene chords by Keith Richards

Guitar chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Beginner 👶

🎸 Intro:

G D7 G D7




🎸 Chorus:
G                D7                     G
Well Irene, good night Irene
Irene goodnight
G                    C
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
     D7            G
I'll see you in my dreams



🎸 Verse 1:
G                   D7
Last Saturday I got married
                        G
Me and the wife settled down
                          C
Now me and my wife we Versed
   D7                      G
I think I'll go out on the town

🎸 Verse 2:
G                            D7
Cause sometimes I live in the country
                       G
Sometimes I live in the town
            G7              C
Sometimes I take that great notion
   D7                    G
to jump in the river and drown

🎸 Chorus:
G         D7                   G
Irene goodnight Irene
Irene goodnight
                     C
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
     D7            G
I'll see you in my dreams



🎸 Verse :
G             D7
I love Irene
God knows I do
                                G
I'll love her till the seas run dry
                 G7   C7      C
If Irene should, ever turn me down
C7       D7           G
I'd take morphine and die

🎸 Chorus:
G         D7                   G
Irene goodnight Irene
Irene goodnight
                     C
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
     D7            G
I'll see you in my dreams



🎸 Verse :
G                 D7
Stop rambling, stop gambling
                     G
Stop staying out all night
                G7            C
Go home to your wife and your baby
    D7                    G
And stay by your fireside bright

🎸 Chorus:
   G         D7                   G
So Irene goodnight Irene
Irene goodnight
                     C
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
     D7            G
I'll see you in my dreams

🎸 Outro:
G                    C
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
     D7            G
I'll see you in my dreams

Published: July 21, 2022

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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Keith Richards chords for Goodnight irene

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