Wake up irene chords by
Hank Thompson
Hank Thompson

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Key: A major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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For months and months and months
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around the country
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Everybody sang Irene goodnight
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But she wouldn't go to bed
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no matter what they said
Though everybody tried
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with all their might
Verse 2
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She stayed awake while steel
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guitars were a go ing
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In every honky tonk she could be seen
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But she fi nally went to bed
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and covered up her head
And now there's not a thing
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can wake Irene
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Verse 3
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Wake up Irene, you've sleep too long
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Wake up Irene, it's time to move along
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Wake up Irene, and pay for your bed
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Wake up Irene or folks will think
Interlude 1
you're dead
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Verse 4
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Lot's of guitar pickers by the dozen
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Sang 'Goodnight Irene' all
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night and day
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And even Crosby too with
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his bo bo bo bo be do
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Tried to get Irene to hit the hay
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Verse 5
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Well I guess they finally sang
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her off to slumber
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They must have tried
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a million times or more
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But, oh, my aching back when
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she finally hit the sack man
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You ought to hear that women snore
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Verse 6
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Wake up Irene, you've sleep too long
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Wake up Irene, it?s time to move along
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Wake up Irene, and pay for your bed
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Wake up Irene or folks
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will think you're dead
Outro 1
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