Chords for The Night the Lights Went out in Georgia
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He was on his way home [Eb] from Candle Top, [G] been two weeks gone and he thought he'd stop at
Webb's and have [Fm] him 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 [Ab] got some bad news [Bb] that's gonna [Bbm] hurt.
Said I'm your best [Ab] friend and you know that's [Bbm] right, but your young [Eb] bride ain't home [Bbm] tonight.
Since you've been [Fm] gone she's been seeing that [Bbm] Amos boy Seth.
[Bbm] Well he got [Ab] mad and he saw [Bbm] red and Andy said, [Eb] boy don't you lose your [Bbm] head, cause to tell
you the [Fm] truth, I've been [Bbm] with her myself.
[Gm] That's [Am] the night that the lights went [F] out in Georgia, [Dm] [Gm] that's the [C] night that they hung
an [F] innocent man.
[Dm] [Gm] Well don't trust your [C] soul to no backwoods [F] lover lawyer, [Dm] [Gm] cause the judge in the town's
got blood stains [Fm] on his hands.
[Bbm] Well Andy got scared [C] and left the bar, [Gb] 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.
His brother thought his wife must have left town, so he went [Eb] home and finally found [Bbm] the
only thing [Fm] papa had left him and that [Bbm] was a gun.
He went [Ab] off to Andy's house, [Bbm]
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 [Ab] 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 just to flag them
[Gm] down and a big belly [C] sheriff grabbed his gun and said, [Fm] why'd you do it?
[Bbm] The judge said guilty in a make believe trial.
Slapped the [G] sheriff on the back with a [Bbm] smile, said supper's [Fm] waiting at home and I [Bbm] gotta
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 an [F] innocent man.
[Dm] [Gm] Well don't trust your soul [C] to no backwoods [F] lover lawyer, [Dm] [Gm] cause the judge in the town's
got blood stains [Fm] on his hands.
[Bbm] Well they hung my [Ab] brother before I could [Bbm] see the tracks he [Eb] saw while on his way [Bbm] to
Andy's [Ab] house and back that [Bbm] night were mine.
His cheap [Ebm] wife had [Fm] never left [Bbm] town and that's one [Eb] body that'll never be [Bbm] found.
See little [Fm] sister don't miss when she [Bbm] aims her gun.
[Gm] That's the [Am] night that the lights went [F] out in Georgia.
[Dm] [Gm] That's the [Am] night that they hung an [F] innocent man.
[Dm] [Gm] Well don't trust your soul [C] to no backwoods lover [F]
lawyer.
[Dm] [Gm] [Bb] [F]
[Bb] [Bbm]
He was on his way home [Eb] from Candle Top, [G] been two weeks gone and he thought he'd stop at
Webb's and have [Fm] him 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 [Ab] got some bad news [Bb] that's gonna [Bbm] hurt.
Said I'm your best [Ab] friend and you know that's [Bbm] right, but your young [Eb] bride ain't home [Bbm] tonight.
Since you've been [Fm] gone she's been seeing that [Bbm] Amos boy Seth.
[Bbm] Well he got [Ab] mad and he saw [Bbm] red and Andy said, [Eb] boy don't you lose your [Bbm] head, cause to tell
you the [Fm] truth, I've been [Bbm] with her myself.
[Gm] That's [Am] the night that the lights went [F] out in Georgia, [Dm] [Gm] that's the [C] night that they hung
an [F] innocent man.
[Dm] [Gm] Well don't trust your [C] soul to no backwoods [F] lover lawyer, [Dm] [Gm] cause the judge in the town's
got blood stains [Fm] on his hands.
[Bbm] Well Andy got scared [C] and left the bar, [Gb] 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.
His brother thought his wife must have left town, so he went [Eb] home and finally found [Bbm] the
only thing [Fm] papa had left him and that [Bbm] was a gun.
He went [Ab] off to Andy's house, [Bbm]
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 [Ab] 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 just to flag them
[Gm] down and a big belly [C] sheriff grabbed his gun and said, [Fm] why'd you do it?
[Bbm] The judge said guilty in a make believe trial.
Slapped the [G] sheriff on the back with a [Bbm] smile, said supper's [Fm] waiting at home and I [Bbm] gotta
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 an [F] innocent man.
[Dm] [Gm] Well don't trust your soul [C] to no backwoods [F] lover lawyer, [Dm] [Gm] cause the judge in the town's
got blood stains [Fm] on his hands.
[Bbm] Well they hung my [Ab] brother before I could [Bbm] see the tracks he [Eb] saw while on his way [Bbm] to
Andy's [Ab] house and back that [Bbm] night were mine.
His cheap [Ebm] wife had [Fm] never left [Bbm] town and that's one [Eb] body that'll never be [Bbm] found.
See little [Fm] sister don't miss when she [Bbm] aims her gun.
[Gm] That's the [Am] night that the lights went [F] out in Georgia.
[Dm] [Gm] That's the [Am] night that they hung an [F] innocent man.
[Dm] [Gm] Well don't trust your soul [C] to no backwoods lover [F]
lawyer.
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_ _ He was on his way home [Eb] from Candle Top, [G] been two weeks gone and he thought he'd stop at
Webb's and have [Fm] him 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 [Ab] got some bad news [Bb] that's gonna [Bbm] hurt.
_ Said I'm your best [Ab] friend and you know that's [Bbm] right, but your young [Eb] bride ain't home [Bbm] tonight.
Since you've been [Fm] gone she's been seeing that [Bbm] Amos boy Seth.
_ [Bbm] Well he got [Ab] mad and he saw [Bbm] red and Andy said, [Eb] boy don't you lose your [Bbm] head, cause to tell
you the [Fm] truth, I've been [Bbm] with her myself.
_ _ [Gm] That's [Am] the night that the lights went [F] out in Georgia, [Dm] _ _ [Gm] that's the [C] night that they hung
an [F] innocent man.
[Dm] _ [Gm] Well don't trust your [C] soul to no backwoods [F] lover lawyer, [Dm] _ [Gm] cause the judge in the town's
got blood stains [Fm] on his hands.
[Bbm] Well Andy got scared [C] and left the bar, [Gb] 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.
_ His brother thought his wife must have left town, so he went [Eb] home and finally found [Bbm] the
only thing [Fm] papa had left him and that [Bbm] was a gun.
_ He went [Ab] off to Andy's house, [Bbm]
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 [Ab] 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 just to flag them
[Gm] down and a big belly [C] sheriff grabbed his gun and said, [Fm] why'd you do it?
_ [Bbm] The judge said guilty in a make believe trial.
Slapped the [G] sheriff on the back with a [Bbm] smile, said supper's [Fm] waiting at home and I [Bbm] gotta
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 an [F] innocent man.
[Dm] _ [Gm] Well don't trust your soul [C] to no backwoods [F] lover lawyer, [Dm] _ [Gm] cause the judge in the town's
got blood stains [Fm] on his hands.
[Bbm] Well they hung my [Ab] brother before I could [Bbm] see the tracks he [Eb] saw while on his way [Bbm] to
Andy's [Ab] house and back that [Bbm] night were mine.
_ _ His cheap [Ebm] wife had [Fm] never left [Bbm] town and that's one [Eb] body that'll never be [Bbm] found.
See little [Fm] sister don't miss when she [Bbm] aims her gun.
_ _ [Gm] That's the [Am] night that the lights went [F] out in Georgia.
[Dm] _ _ [Gm] That's the [Am] night that they hung an [F] innocent man.
[Dm] _ [Gm] Well don't trust your soul [C] to no backwoods lover [F]
lawyer.
[Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ He was on his way home [Eb] from Candle Top, [G] been two weeks gone and he thought he'd stop at
Webb's and have [Fm] him 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 [Ab] got some bad news [Bb] that's gonna [Bbm] hurt.
_ Said I'm your best [Ab] friend and you know that's [Bbm] right, but your young [Eb] bride ain't home [Bbm] tonight.
Since you've been [Fm] gone she's been seeing that [Bbm] Amos boy Seth.
_ [Bbm] Well he got [Ab] mad and he saw [Bbm] red and Andy said, [Eb] boy don't you lose your [Bbm] head, cause to tell
you the [Fm] truth, I've been [Bbm] with her myself.
_ _ [Gm] That's [Am] the night that the lights went [F] out in Georgia, [Dm] _ _ [Gm] that's the [C] night that they hung
an [F] innocent man.
[Dm] _ [Gm] Well don't trust your [C] soul to no backwoods [F] lover lawyer, [Dm] _ [Gm] cause the judge in the town's
got blood stains [Fm] on his hands.
[Bbm] Well Andy got scared [C] and left the bar, [Gb] 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.
_ His brother thought his wife must have left town, so he went [Eb] home and finally found [Bbm] the
only thing [Fm] papa had left him and that [Bbm] was a gun.
_ He went [Ab] off to Andy's house, [Bbm]
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 [Ab] 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 just to flag them
[Gm] down and a big belly [C] sheriff grabbed his gun and said, [Fm] why'd you do it?
_ [Bbm] The judge said guilty in a make believe trial.
Slapped the [G] sheriff on the back with a [Bbm] smile, said supper's [Fm] waiting at home and I [Bbm] gotta
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 an [F] innocent man.
[Dm] _ [Gm] Well don't trust your soul [C] to no backwoods [F] lover lawyer, [Dm] _ [Gm] cause the judge in the town's
got blood stains [Fm] on his hands.
[Bbm] Well they hung my [Ab] brother before I could [Bbm] see the tracks he [Eb] saw while on his way [Bbm] to
Andy's [Ab] house and back that [Bbm] night were mine.
_ _ His cheap [Ebm] wife had [Fm] never left [Bbm] town and that's one [Eb] body that'll never be [Bbm] found.
See little [Fm] sister don't miss when she [Bbm] aims her gun.
_ _ [Gm] That's the [Am] night that the lights went [F] out in Georgia.
[Dm] _ _ [Gm] That's the [Am] night that they hung an [F] innocent man.
[Dm] _ [Gm] Well don't trust your soul [C] to no backwoods lover [F]
lawyer.
[Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _