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Intro:
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He was [Cm]on his way home from C[Bb]Candletop
B[Cm]Been two weeks gone and he thou[F]thought he stop
at W[Cm]eb's and have him a dri[Bb]nk 'for he went home t[Cm]o her
A[Cm]Andy Wo-Lo said [Bb]hello
he said '[Cm]'Hi, what's a do[F]doing', Wo
said s[Cm]it down, I got some b[Bb]ad news that's gonn[Cm]a hurt.
Sa[Cm]Said I'm you best friend and you [Bb]know that's right
But y[Cm]your young bride ain't ho[F]home tonight
Si[Cm]nce you've been gone she's been se[Bb]eing that Amos boy[Cm], Seth
[Cm]He got mad and [Bb]he saw red
A[Cm]Andy said, Boy, don't you lo[F]lose your head
Cause to t[Cm]tell you the truth, [Bb]I've been with [Cm]her myself
T[C]hat's the night that the li[D]ghts went out in G[G]eorgia
T[C]hat's the night that they h[D]ung an innocent m[G]an
D[C]Don't trust your soul to no b[D]backwoods Southern [G]lawyer
Cause the j[C]judge in the town's got b[D]blood stains on his [Gm]hands
A[Cm]Andy got scared and he [Bb]left the bar
W[Cm]Walking on home cause he di[F]didn't live far
You s[Cm]ee, Andy didn't have many fr[Bb]iends and he just lost hi[Cm]m one
B[Cm]Brother thought his wife [Bb]must've left town
So he w[Cm]went home and fin[F]finally found
the o[Cm]only thing Daddy le[Bb]left him and that was [Cm]a gun
H[Cm]He went off to A[Bb]Andy's house
S[Cm]Slipping through the woods as qui[F]quiet as a mouse
C[Cm]ome upon some tra[Bb]cks too small for Andy t[Cm]o make
He l[Cm]looked through the screen at the [Bb]back porch door
[Cm]He saw Andy ly[F]lying on the floor
In a p[Cm]uddle of blood, a[Gm]nd he started to sh[Cm]ake.
The G[C]Georgia Patrol was m[D]making their rounds
so he f[G]fired a shot just to f[G]flag them down
a [C]big bellied sheRiff grabbed his g[D]gun and said,
Why'd you [Gm]do it?
The [Cm]judge said guilty in [Bb]a make believe trial
Slappe[Cm]Slapped the sherrif on the[F]the back with a smile
And [Cm]said suppers waiti[Bb]waiting at home and I [Cm]got to get to it
T[C]hat's the night that the li[D]ghts went out in G[G]eorgia
T[C]hat's the night that they h[D]ung an innocent m[G]an
D[C]Don't trust your soul to no b[D]backwoods Southern [G]lawyer
Cause the j[C]judge in the town's got b[D]blood stains on his [Gm]hands.
They h[Cm]hung my brother before[Bb]before I could say
the tr[Cm]tracks he saw while on[F]on this way
to A[Cm]ndy's house and ba[Bb]ck that night wer[Cm]e mine
A[Cm]And his cheatin' wife had n[Bb]never left town
T[Cm]That's one body that'll ne[F]never be found
You [Cm]see, little sister don't m[Bb]miss when she aims he[Cm]her gun
T[C]hat's the night that the li[D]ghts went out in G[G]eorgia
T[C]hat's the night that they h[D]ung an innocent m[G]an
D[C]Don't trust your soul to no b[D]backwoods Southern [G]lawyer
Cause the j[C]judge in the town's got b[D]blood stains on his [Gm]hands.