Tom: A
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*
[Verse 2]
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
[Verse 3]
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?
