The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia chords by Reba Mcentire

INTRO:
Am   Am   Am   Am

       Am                   G
He was on his way home from Candle-top
     Am                    D
Been two weeks gone and he thought he stop
   Am                   G                          Am
at Web's and have him a drink 'for he went home to her
Am          G               Am                   D
Andy-Willow said hello, and he said 'Hi, what's  doing', Woah
         Am                  G                     Am
he said sit down, I got some bad news that's gonna hurt.
     Am                           G
Said I'm-your-best-friend and you-know-that's-right
         Am                D
But your young bride ain't home tonight
Am                                G                     Am
Since-you've-been-gone she's-been-seeing that Amos boy, Seth
Am             G              Am                        D
He got mad and he saw red and Andy said, Boy, don't you lose your head
         Am                   G                       Am
Cause to tell you the truth,    I've been with her my-self

CHORUS:
        Gm                               B                      E
        That's the night that the       lights went out in      Georgia
        Gm                               B                      E
        That's the night that they      hung an innocent        man
        Gm                               B                      E
        Don't trust your soul to no     backwoods Southern      lawyer
                  Gm                      B                   Em
        Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands

Am                  G
Andy got scared and left the bar
Am                        D
Walking on home ‘cause he didn't live far
        Am                    G                            Am
You see-Andy didn't have many friends and he just lost him one
   Am                       G
My Brother thought his wife must've left town
   Am               D
So he went home and finally found
    Am                  G                       Am
the only thing Papa had left him and that was a gun
Am             G
He went off to Andy's house
Am                               D
Slipping through the back-woods quiet as a mouse
Am                         G                Am
Came upon some tracks too-small for Andy to make
   Am                                G
He looked-through-the screen-at-the-back-porch door
    Am          D
and He saw Andy lying on the floor
     Am                G                      Am
In a puddle of blood,      and he started to shake.

Bridge:
    Gm                 B                              E                    E
The Georgia Patrol was making their rounds      so he fired a shot just to flag them down
  Gm                              B                           Em
A big bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said,     Why'd you do it?


    Am                     G
The judge said guilty in a make-believe trial
Am                          D
Slapped the sheriff on the back with a smile
         Am                  G                      Am
And said supper’s waiting at home and I got to get to it


CHORUS:
        Gm                               B                      E
        That's the night that the       lights went out in      Georgia
        Gm                               B                      E
        That's the night that they      hung an innocent        man
        Gm                               B                      E
        Don't trust your soul to no     backwoods Southern      lawyer
                  Gm                      B                   Em
        Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands

          Am                 G
Well They hung my brother be-fore I could say
    Am                  D
the tracks he saw while on this way
    Am              G                    Am
to Andy's house and back that night were mine
    Am                    G
And his cheatin' wife had never left town
     Am                     D
and That's one body that'll never be found
         Am                  G                       Am
You see, little sister don't miss when she aims her gun

 CHORUS:
        Gm                               B                      E
        That's the night that the       lights went out in      Georgia
        Gm                               B                      E
        That's the night that they      hung an innocent        man
        Gm                               B                      E
        Don't trust your soul to no     backwoods Southern      lawyer
                  Gm                      B                   Em
        Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands

        Gm                               B                      E
        That's the night that the       lights went out in      Georgia
        Gm                               B                      E
        That's the night that they      hung an innocent        man
        Gm                               B                      E
        Don't trust your soul to no     backwoods Southern      lawyer
                  Gm                      B                   E
        Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands