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