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