Wake up irene Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][D][G]

[Verse 1]
For [G]months and months [C]and months
around the coun[G]try
[C]Everybody sang Irene good[G]night
But she [C]wouldn't go to bed
no matter what they [G]said
Though everybody tried
[D]with all their mig[G]ht

[Verse 2]
She [G]stayed awake while [C]steel
guitars were a [G]go ing
In [C]every honky tonk she could be [G]seen
But she [C]fi nally went to bed
and covered up her [G]head
And now there's not a thing
can wake [D]Irene
[G]

[Verse 3]
[C]Wake up Irene, you've sleep too [G]long
[C]Wake up Irene, it's time to move [D]along
[C]Wake up Irene, and pay for [G]your bed
Wake up Irene or [D]folks will think

[Interlude 1]
you're dead
[G][C][G][C]
[D][C][G][D]
[G]

[Verse 4]
[G]Lot's of guitar [C]pickers by [G]the dozen
[C]Sang 'Goodnight Irene' all
night [G]and day
And [C]even Crosby too with
his bo bo bo bo be [G]do
Tried to get [D]Irene to hit the hay
[G]

[Verse 5]
Well I guess they finally [C]sang
her off [G]to slumber
They [C]must have tried
a million times [G]or more
But, [C]oh, my aching back when
she finally hit the [G]sack man
You ought [D]to hear that women snore
[G]

[Verse 6]
[C]Wake up Irene, you've sleep [G]too long
[C]Wake up Irene, it?s time to move [D]along
[C]Wake up Irene, and pay for [G]your bed
Wake up Irene or [D]folks
will think you're [G]dead

[Outro 1]
[G][D][G]