Irene

A* E* Oh Irene I've been your neighbor B* E* For forty years or more A* E* Oh I used to see you get the paper B* E* Or standing at the door A* E* I didn't know you very well B* E* But I saw it on the news A* A* Oh Irene, Irene E* D* What is there to do? A* A* E* Oh the people hear the gunshots B* E* But they don't do a thing A* E* And somehow the songbirds above us B* E* Still find a voice to sing A* E* I wish I was a swallow B* E* So I could fly away A* A* Oh Irene, Irene E* D* What is there to say? A E A E A E A E A* E* Oh Irene I met your daughter B* C#m* At the memorial today A* E* Oh you know she was so gracious B* C#m* I bet you raised her that way A* E* I'll try to be a better man B* C#m* Than the one you knew A* A* Oh Irene, Irene B* D* What am I to do? A* D* A* What am I to do? N.C. D* A* What am I to do? N.C. What am I to do?