Chords for Reba McEntire - The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia (Official Music Video)

[Gm] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ My editor said you had some new facts in the old Brody murder case.
He was on his way [Bb] home from Candle Top.
[Cm] Been two weeks [F] gone and he thought he'd [Cm] stop at Webb's and [Gm] have him a drink before he [Cm] went on to her.
Sit down young man.
Andy [F] Wolos said hello.
[Cm] He said, [F] hi, what's doin' Wo?
[Cm] Said, sit down, [Gm] I got some bad news [Cm] that's gonna hurt. _
_ This is my [Bb] Raymond.
[Cm] That's your brother.
[F]
Who's that?
[Cm] _ [Gm] Terrible woman.
[Cm] I told Raymond she was no good.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] But he wouldn't [F] listen.
_ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] I had no idea though that my [D] fiancé was messing [G] with her.
[Em] _
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ [Am] _ [G] _ _
[Em] Raymond.
[Am] _ [D] You know, backwoods [G] southern law.
[Em] _
[G] [Am] Cause the judge of the [D] town's got bloodstains [Gm] on his _ head.
[Cm] Well Andy got scared and left [Bb] the bar.
[Cm] Walking on [F] home cause he didn't live far [Cm] you see.
Andy didn't [Gm] have any friends and he [Cm] just lost him more. _
[F] [Cm] Brother thought his [Bb] wife must have left [Cm] town.
So he went [F] home and finally found [Cm] the only thing [Gm] daddy had left him, that [Cm] was a gun. _ _
He went [Bb] off to Andy's house, [Cm] slipping through the [F] backwoods quiet as a [Cm] mouse,
came upon [Gm] some tracks too small [Cm] for Andy to make. _ _
_ He looked through the [Bb] screen at the back porch [Cm] door, and he saw [F] Andy lying [Cm] down in the puddle of blood.
So, [Gm] he killed them both [Cm] out of jealousy.
[C] That's what they wanted you [Am] to believe.
The Georgia [D] Patrol wasn't making their [G] rounds, so we fired a [Em] shot just to flag him [Am] down.
A big belly [D] sheriff grabbed his lawn and [G] said, why'd you do it? _
_ [Cm] The judge said, [F] guilty, on a [Bb] make-believe [Cm] crime.
Slapped the [F] sheriff on the back with a [Cm] smile and said,
sufferers [Gm] waiting at home and [Cm] I've gotta get to it.
[C] Get outta here!
[Am] That's the [D] night that the lights [G] went out.
[Em] _
_ [Am] That's the [D] night that they hung an [G] innocent man.
[Em] Raymond.
[Am] No no trust no [D] soul, no no backwoods [G] southern law.
[Em] _
[Am] Cause the judge in the [D] town's got bloodstains [G] on his hands.
Are you alright?
[Cm] Well they hung my [Bb] brother before I could say.
[Cm] It just hurts to remember.
[F] He saw a line on his [C] way to Andy's [Gm] house and back that [Cm] night on mine. _
And his cheating [F] wife had never left town.
[Cm] That's one body [F] that'll never be found, [Cm] you see little sister [Gm] don't miss when she [Cm] aims her gun.
[C] _
_ [Am] That's the night [D] that the lights went out [G] in [Em] Georgia.
That's the night that the lights went [Am] out in Georgia.
That's the night that [D] they hung [G] an innocent man.
[Em] Let me [Am] see if I got this straight.
[D] Your [G] brother [Em] pleaded guilty [Am] to protect you?
[D] Yes.
[G] Get outta here!
[Am] And the judge [Dm] didn't want to hear the truth.
[G] _ [Em] Because of his involvement [Am] with your brother's wife.
[D] [G] Yes.
They had it all wrapped up in a neat [Am] little package.
_ [D] _ [G] Besides there was no one left [Em] to tell the truth except for [Am] me.
Cause the judge in the [D] town's got bloodstains [Gm] on his hands. _ _
Who's gonna believe a grief stricken sister of a convicted killer? _
[F] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _