The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia [Am] -Reba McEntire Intro: [Am] [Am] [Am] [Am] Verse 1: He was [Am]on his way home from [G]Candletop [Am]Been two weeks gone and he [D]thought he stop at [Am]Web's and have him a [G]drink 'for he went home [Am]to her [Am]Andy Wo-Lo said [G]hello he said '[Am]Hi, what's a do[D]ing', Wo said [Am]sit down, I got some [G]bad news that's gonn[Am]a hurt. Verse 2: [Am]Said 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 [Am]boy, 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 [Am]her myself |[Chorus] |[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 |Cause the [A]judge in the town's got [B]blood stains on his [Em]hands Verse 3: [Am]Andy got scared and he [G]left the bar [Am]Walking on home cause he [D]didn't live far You [Am]see, Andy didn't have many [G]friends and he just lost [Am]him one [Am]Brother thought his wife [G]must've left town So he [Am]went home and fi[D]nally found the [Am]only thing Daddy [G]left him and that was [Am]a gun Verse 4: [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 [Am]to 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. Verse 5: The [A]Georgia Patrol was [B]making their rounds so he [E]fired a shot just to [E]flag them down A [A]big bellied sheriff grabbed his [B]gun and said, Why'd you [Em]do it? The [Am]judge said guilty in [G]a make believe trial Slapped [Am]the sherrif on the [D]back with a smile And [Am]said suppers wait[G]ing at home and I [Am]got to get to it |[Chorus] |[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 |Cause the [A]judge in the town's got [B]blood stains on his [Em]hands Verse 6: They [Am]hung my brother before [G]I could say the tracks [Am]he saw while on [D]this way to [Am]Andy's house and [G]back that night [Am]were 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 [Am]her gun [Chorus] x2