The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia
Reba McentireVersion1
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OPEN
He was on his way home from Candletop
Been two weeks gone and he thought he stop
at Web's and have him a drink 'for he went home to her
OPEN
Andy Wo-Lo said hello
he said 'Hi, what's a doing', Wo
said sit down, I got some bad news that's gonna hurt.
OPEN
Said I'm you best friend and you know that's right
But your young bride ain't home tonight
Since you've been gone she's been seeing that Amos boy, Seth
OPEN
He got mad and he saw red
Andy said, Boy, don't you lose your head
Cause to tell you the truth, I've been with her myself
That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia
That's the night that they hung an innocent man
Don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer
Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands
OPEN
Andy got scared and he left the bar
Walking on home cause he didn't live far
You see, Andy didn't have many friends and he just lost him one
OPEN
Brother thought his wife must've left town
So he went home and finally found
the only thing Daddy left him and that was a gun
OPEN
He went off to Andy's house
Slipping through the woods as quiet as a mouse
Come upon some tracks too small for Andy to make
OPEN
He looked through the screen at the back porch door
He saw Andy lying on the floor
In a puddle of blood, and he started to shake.
The Georgia Patrol was making their rounds
so he fired a shot just to flag them down
A big bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said,
Why'd you do it?
OPEN
They hung my brother before I could say
the tracks he saw while on this way
to Andy's house and back that night were mine
OPEN
And his cheatin' wife had never left town
That's one body that'll never be found
You see, little sister don't miss when she aims her gun
That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia
That's the night that they hung an innocent man
Don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer
Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands.
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Readable chord sheet for The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia by Reba Mcentire
[Am] OPEN
He was on his way home from Candletop
B[C]een two weeks gone and he tho[D]ught he stop
at W[C]eb's and have him a dr[Em]ink 'for he went home to [Am]her
[Am] OPEN
Andy Wo-Lo said hello
he said '[C]Hi, what's a d[D]oing', Wo
said s[C]it down, I got some [Em]bad news that's gonna [Am]hurt.
[Am] OPEN
Said I'm you best friend and you know that's right
But y[C]our young bride ain't h[D]ome tonight
Si[C]nce you've been gone she's been s[Em]eeing that Amos boy, [Am]Seth
[Am] OPEN
He got mad and he saw red
A[C]ndy said, Boy, don't you l[D]ose your head
Cause to t[C]ell you the truth, [Em]I've been with her [Am]myself
T[A]hat's the night that the li[B]ghts went out in G[E]eorgia
T[A]hat's the night that they h[B]ung an innocent m[E]an
D[A]on't trust your soul to no b[B]ackwoods Southern [E]lawyer
Cause the j[A]udge in the town's got b[B]lood stains on his [Em]hands
[Am] OPEN
Andy got scared and he left the bar
W[C]alking on home cause he d[D]idn't live far
You s[C]ee, Andy didn't have many f[Em]riends and he just lost him [Am]one
[Am] OPEN
Brother thought his wife must've left town
So he w[C]ent home and fi[D]nally found
the o[C]nly thing Daddy l[Em]eft him and that was a [Am]gun
[Am] OPEN
He went off to Andy's house
S[C]lipping through the woods as qu[D]iet as a mouse
C[C]ome upon some tr[Em]acks too small for Andy to [Am]make
[Am] OPEN
He looked through the screen at the back porch door
[C]He saw Andy l[D]ying on the floor
In a p[C]uddle of blood, [Em]and he started to s[Am]hake.
The G[A]eorgia Patrol was m[B]aking their rounds
so he f[E]ired a shot just to f[E]lag them down
A [A]big bellied sheriff grabbed his g[B]un and said,
Why'd you [Em]do it?
[Am] OPEN
They hung my brother before I could say
the tr[C]acks he saw while o[D]n this way
to A[C]ndy's house and b[Em]ack that night were [Am]mine
[Am] OPEN
And his cheatin' wife had never left town
T[C]hat's one body that'll n[D]ever be found
You [C]see, little sister don't [Em]miss when she aims her [Am]gun
T[A]hat's the night that the li[B]ghts went out in G[E]eorgia
T[A]hat's the night that they h[B]ung an innocent m[E]an
D[A]on't trust your soul to no b[B]ackwoods Southern [E]lawyer
Cause the j[A]udge in the town's got b[B]lood stains on his [E]hands.