Cm
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
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
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
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
Now 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
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
Am D G Em
That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia
That's the night that they hung an innocent man
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
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
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
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
He went off to Andy's house
Slipping through the woods as quiet as a mouse
Came upon some tracks too small for Andy to make
He looked through the screen at the back porch door
And he saw Andy lying on the floor
In a puddle of blood, and he started to shake
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?
Am D
The Georgia Patrol was making their rounds
G Em
so he fired a shot just to flag them down
A big bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said
Gm
Why'd you do it?
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
The judge said guilty in a make believe trial
Slapped the sherrif on the back with a smile
And said suppers waiting at home and I got to get to it
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
Well, 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
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
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
Am D G