OK folks, as promised a long time ago, I am throwing this open to anybody who wants to collaborate. For anyone who hasn't been watching, so far this year I have played 257 songs in 257 days, and the sponsorship has paid for 257 solar lamps for families in Africa. Just 108 more songs to go...
And I would love it if one of those songs featured a few of you wonderful Seasonistas.
I have just sat down and recorded a basic track of Goodnight Irene (video link & words & chords below). Feel free to record your own video, playing along to this one, and send me the link (PM me or email to sjpsjp at gmail dot com). When I have your renditions (say by the end of this month) I will try to stitch it all together. If you need to download my video, and YouTube won't let you, let me know - I don't know how you regular collaborators normally work.
One thing to point out - at the start of the video, I don't have a clapperboard, but I do "1-2-3-clap" and then pause before I count in the intro. If you could also do the clapperboard thing on your video, in time with mine, it will give me a visual cue to line the videos up.
RedPaul tells me that it is 3/4 time, at 156bpm if you need to know that!
So here we go - the video is at
https://youtu.be/GaV8muC1DOs
[G] Irene good[D7]night. Irene good[G]night
[G]Goodnight I[G7]rene. Good[C]night I[Am]rene.
I'll [D7] see you in my [G] dreams. [D7][G]
[G]Last Saturday night I got [D7]married.
[D7]Me and my wife settled [G]down
[G]Now me and my [G7]wife are [C]parted[Am]
Gonna [D7]take another stroll down[G]town. [D7]
[G] Irene good[D7]night. Irene good[G]night
[G]Goodnight I[G7]rene. Good[C]night I[Am]rene.
I'll [D7] see you in my [G] dreams. [D7][G]
[G]Sometimes I live in the [D7]country.
[D7]Sometimes I live in the [G]town.
[G]Sometimes I [G7]take a great [C]notion. [Am]
To [D7]jump in the river and [G]drown. [D7]
[G] Irene good[D7]night. Irene good[G]night
[G]Goodnight I[G7]rene. Good[C]night I[Am]rene.
I'll [D7] see you in my [G] dreams. [D7][G]
[G]Stop ramblin', stop [D7]gamblin'
[D7]Stop stayin' out late at [G]night.
[G]Go home to your [G7]wife and [C]fam'ly[Am]
Stay [D7]there by the fireside [G]bright. [D7]
[G] Irene good[D7]night. Irene good[G]night
[G]Goodnight I[G7]rene. Good[C]night I[Am]rene.
I'll [D7] see you in my [G] dreams.
[G] Irene good[D7]night. Irene good[G]night
[G]Goodnight I[G7]rene. Good[C]night I[Am]rene.
I'll [D7] see you in my [G] dreams.
Over to you!