Chords for Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Lyrics

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[Gb] _ _ [Bbm] He was on his way home from [Gm] Candle Top, [G] been two weeks gone [F] and he thought he'd stop at
Webb's and have him [Ab] a drink before he went [Bbm] home to her.
_ _ _ Andy [Eb] Wolos said hello [Bbm] and he said, hi, what's doing?
Whoa, said sit down, I've got [Ab] some bad news that's [Eb] gonna hurt.
[Bbm] _ _ He said, I'm your best friend [Bb] and you know that's right, [Bbm] but your young bride [Eb] ain't home tonight.
[Bbm] Since you've been gone [Fm] she's been seeing that [Bbm] aimless boy Seth.
_ He got [F] mad and he saw red [Bbm] and Andy said, [Eb] boy don't you lose your [Bbm] head, cause to tell you
the truth, [Fm] I've been [Bbm] with her myself.
_ _ [Gm] That's the [C] night that the lights went [F] out in Georgia.
[Dm] _ _ [Gm] That's the [C] night that they hung the [F] innocent man.
[Dm] Well [Gm] don't trust this old [C] and old backwoods lover [F] lawyer.
_ [Dm] _ [Gm] Cause the judge in the town's [Bb] got blood stains on [Fm] his hand.
_ [Bbm] Well Andy got scared [Bb] and left the bar, [Bbm] walking on home [Eb] cause he didn't live far.
[Bbm] See Andy didn't have [Fm] many friends and he just [Bbm] lost him one.
_ He rather thought his [Bb] wife must have left town, [Bbm] so he went home [Eb] and finally found [Bbm] the
only thing Papa [Fm] had left him and that [Bbm] was a gun.
_ _ But he went off [Eb] to Andy's house, [Bbm] but slipping through the [Eb] backwoods quiet as a [Bbm] mouse, came
upon some [Fm] tracks too small for [Bbm] Andy to make.
_ He looked through the [Eb] screen at the back porch [Bbm] door and he saw [Eb] Andy lying on the [Bbm] floor in
a puddle of [Fm] blood and he [Bbm] started to shake.
_ [Gm] Well the Georgia [C] patrol wasn't making their [F] rounds, so he fired a [Dm] shot, took a flag and
[Gm] a big belly [C] champ grabbed his gun and said, [Fm] why'd you do it?
_ [Bbm] Well the judge said guilty [F] in a make-believe [Bbm] trial.
Slapped the sheriff [Eb] on the back with a smile, [Bbm] said supper's waiting [Fm] at home and I gotta
[Bbm] get to it.
_ _ [Gm] That's the [C] night that the lights went [F] out in Georgia.
[Dm] _ _ [Gm] That's the [C] night that they hung the [F] innocent man.
[Dm] _ [Gm] Well don't trust this old [C] and old backwoods lover [F] lawyer.
[Dm] _ [Gm] Cause the judge and the clowns [Bb] got bloodstains on [F] his hands.
_ [Bbm] Well they hung my brother [Bb] before I could see [Bbm] the tracks he saw [Eb] while on his way [Bbm] to Andy's
house [Fm] and back that night [Bbm] were mine.
_ And his cheap [Bb] wife had never left [Bbm] town and that's one body [Eb] that'll never be found.
[Bbm] See little sister [Fm] don't miss when she [Bbm] aims her gun.
_ _ [Gm] That's the night [Am] that the lights went out [F] in Georgia.
_ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] That's the night [Am] that they hung the [F] innocent man.
[Dm] Well [Gm] don't trust this old and [C] old backwoods lover [F] lawyer.
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