Goodnight Irene (hi-lo)

by Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson · posted by waltp

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

GOODNIGHT IRENE hi-lo
By: Huddie Ledbetter, John A. Lomax
Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson
Key: G
Time: 3/4

4  -4    4  -3-3”3 -4  5     -4    4
7  -8    7   -7-66 -8  8     -8    7
I-rene, good night, I-rene, good night.  

4 5    5    5  -4    4    -4    4  -3”
7 8    8    8  -8    7    -8    7  -6
Good night, I-rene, good night, I-rene,  

 -3”  3  -4  5  -4   4
 -6   6  -8  8  -8   7
I’ll see you in my dreams  

Verse  

 3    4  4   4   -4   4  3  -3   -4
 6    7  7   7   -8   7  6  -7   -8
Last Sat-ur-day night I got mar-ried  

6   6  6   -4   5   -4   4
9   9  9   -8   8   -8   7
me and my wife set-tled down  

 6  6   5  5   -4   4   -3” 4
 9  9   8  8   -8   7   -6  7
Now me and my wife are part-ed 

-3” -3” -3” 3   -4 -4  -4    5    -4   4
-6  -6  -6  6   -8 -8  -8    8    -8   7
I’m gon-na take an-oth-er stroll down-town

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