Intro: Cm - Cm - Cm - Cm Cm Bb He was on his way home from Candletop Cm F Been two weeks gone and he thought he stop Cm Bb Cm at Web's and have him a drink 'for he went home to her Cm Bb Andy Wo-Lo said hello Cm F he said 'Hi, what's a doing', Wo Cm Bb Cm said sit down, I got some bad news that's gonna hurt. Cm Bb Said I'm you best friend and you know that's right Cm F But your young bride ain't home tonight Cm Bb Cm Since you've been gone she's been seeing that Amos boy, Seth Cm Bb He got mad and he saw red Cm F Andy said, Boy, don't you lose your head Cm Bb Cm Cause to tell you the truth, I've been with her myself C D G That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia C D G That's the night that they hung an innocent man C D G Don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer C D Gm Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands Cm Bb Andy got scared and he left the bar Cm F Walking on home cause he didn't live far Cm Bb Cm You see, Andy didn't have many friends and he just lost him one Cm Bb Brother thought his wife must've left town Cm F So he went home and finally found Cm Bb Cm the only thing Daddy left him and that was a gun Cm Bb He went off to Andy's house Cm F Slipping through the woods as quiet as a mouse Cm Bb Cm Come upon some tracks too small for Andy to make Cm Bb He looked through the screen at the back porch door Cm F He saw Andy lying on the floor Cm Gm Cm In a puddle of blood, and he started to shake. C D The Georgia Patrol was making their rounds G G so he fired a shot just to flag them down C D a big bellied sheRiff grabbed his gun and said, Gm Why'd you do it? Cm Bb The judge said guilty in a make believe trial Cm F Slapped the sherrif on the back with a smile Cm Bb Cm And said suppers waiting at home and I got to get to it C D G That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia C D G That's the night that they hung an innocent man C D G Don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer C D Gm Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands. Cm Bb They hung my brother before I could say Cm F the tracks he saw while on this way Cm Bb Cm to Andy's house and back that night were mine Cm Bb And his cheatin' wife had never left town Cm F That's one body that'll never be found Cm Bb Cm You see, little sister don't miss when she aims her gun C D G That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia C D G That's the night that they hung an innocent man C D G Don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer C D Gm Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands.
