Johnny Cash - Goodnight Irene guitar chord

Here are the chords from a manuscr i pt for this song.

Johnny recorded it way back in the Sun Record days, so

I'm not sure where you can get the recording. I found

it on the Sun Records website. They have the records for

all of the arists to ever record there, and all of their

songs listed, with the date, the serial number of the

recording, and all of the musicians along with what

instrument they place for each song. It's pretty cool.

They even have the Hank Williams classic "Cold, Cold, Heart" listed as a song that Johnny recorded there. It

has everything that everyone recorded there, even if it's

not currently in print. But if it isn't, I think you

can order it at the site, or in a music store, and they'll

send for it.

It's a really cool site.

GOODNIGHT IRENE

JOHNNY CASH

G D7

Last Saturday night I got married

G

Me and my wife settled down

G7 C

Now me and my wife are now parted

D7 G

Gonna take another stroll down town

CHORUS:

G Bbdim D7

Irene goodnight

G

Irene goodnight

G7 C

Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene,

D7 G

I'll see you in my dreams.

Sometimes I live in the country

Sometimes I live in the town

Sometimes I take a fool notion

To jump in the river and drown

CHORUS:

For the Bbdim in the chorus, what I prefer to do is

play a Bm for the first 2 beats of the measure, and then

an Am for the third beat, because it sounds really good

changing into the D7 chord, and it is easier.