Tuning: Standard

Intro: A5 E5 F5 G5 x1

[ G5 ] Darlin' it's so [ A5 ] dark
In this [ E5 ] house
'Cept for this [ F5 ] light
 My slow candle [ G5 ] burning

And I know you're [ A5 ] somewhere
I always did [ E5 ] feel it
I got a [ F5 ] new song
You might never [ G5 ] hear

Chorus:

G?odnight, [ C5 ] Irene
I got your [ A5 ] trouble
I read your [ F5 ] letters
You sent like a [ G5 ] bomb
And when you're [ C5 ] gone
We're all gonna [ A5 ] miss you
Your perfume like [ F5 ] cigarettes and the sea
My name that you [ G5 ] always wore like grief
G?odnight, [ C5 ] Irene

I grew up kind of [ A5 ] lonesome
The saint of the [ E5 ] sinners
The voice of the [ F5 ] dogs
You find in the [ G5 ] rain

So I just keep [ A5 ] working
I just keep [ E5 ] driving
Nobody writes [ F5 ]
The blues [ G5 ] anymore

[Chorus]

And in my [ G5 ] mind
There's a [ C5 ] dream
Where the [ F5 ] telephone [ C5 ] rang
Just [ G5 ] before the [ C5 ] ring
Took a [ F5 ] vow and [ A5 ] abandoned her [ C5 ] hand
In a [ G5 ] closet where [ C5 ] white dresses [ F5 ] hang
Were [ A5 ] eyes declaring [ G5 ] war

[Chorus]