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The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia

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Reba McEntire

Version
studio
published by
inthisworld
Tone
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Slide
A -> La
Video
Chords
	 
[Intro]
Cm
[Verse]
Cm Bb
He was on his way home from Candletop
Cm F
Been two weeks gone and he thought he stop
Cm Gm Cm
at Web's and have him a drink 'for he went home to her
Cm Bb
Andy Wo-Lo said hello
Cm F
he said 'Hi, what's a doing', Wo
Cm Gm Cm
said sit down, I got some bad news that's gonna hurt
Cm Bb
Said I'm you best friend and you know that's right
Cm F
But your young bride ain't home tonight
Cm Gm Cm
Since you've been gone she's been seeing that Amos boy, Seth
Cm Bb
Now he got mad and he saw red
Cm F
Andy said, Boy, don't you lose your head
Cm Gm Cm
Cause to tell you the truth, I've been with her myself
[Chorus]
Am D G Em
That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia
Am D G Em
That's the night that they hung an innocent man
Am D G Em
Well, don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer
Am D Gm
Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands
[Verse]
Cm Bb
Andy got scared and he left the bar
Cm F
Walking on home cause he didn't live far
Cm Gm Cm
You see, Andy didn't have many friends and he just lost him one
Cm Bb
Brother thought his wife must've left town
Cm F
So he went home and finally found
Cm Gm Cm
the only thing Daddy left him and that was a gun
Cm Bb
He went off to Andy's house
Cm F
Slipping through the woods as quiet as a mouse
Cm Gm Cm
Came upon some tracks too small for Andy to make
Cm Bb
He looked through the screen at the back porch door
Cm F
And he saw Andy lying on the floor
Cm Gm Cm
In a puddle of blood, and he started to shake
[Bridge]
Am D
The Georgia Patrol was making their rounds
G Em
so he fired a shot just to flag them down
Am D
A big bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said
Gm
Why'd you do it?
[Verse]
Cm Bb
The judge said guilty in a make believe trial
Cm F
Slapped the sherrif on the back with a smile
Cm Gm Cm
And said suppers waiting at home and I got to get to it
[Chorus]
Am D G Em
That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia
Am D G Em
That's the night that they hung an innocent man
Am D G Em
Well, don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer
Am D Gm
Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands
[Verse]
Cm Bb
Well, they hung my brother before I could say
Cm F
the tracks he saw while on this way
Cm Gm Cm
to Andy's house and back that night were mine
Cm Bb
And his cheatin' wife had never left town
Cm F
That's one body that'll never be found
Cm Gm Cm
You see, little sister don't miss when she aims her gun
[Chorus]
Am D G Em
That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia
Am D G Em
That's the night that they hung an innocent man
Am D G Em
Well, don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer
Am D G
Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands
Am D G Em
That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia
Am D G Em
That's the night that they hung an innocent man
Am D G Em
Well, don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer
Am D G
Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands