The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia Teclado

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He was on his way home from Candle Top  
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He’d been two weeks gone and he thought he stop  
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…at Web's and have him a drink 'fore he went home to her     

Andy Wo-Lo said “Hello.”  He said “Hi, what's a doing Wo?”  
He said “…sit down, I’ve got some bad news, it’s going to hurt.”    

He said “I'm you best friend and you know that's right.  
…but your young bride ain't home tonight.  
Since you've been gone she's been seeing that Amos boy, Seth.”    

Well he got mad and he saw red  
…and Andy said “Boy, don't you lose your head  
…’cause to tell you the truth, I've been with her myself.” 
    
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That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia  Gm7			C		 	F7  
That's the night that they hung an innocent man  Gm7			C		 	F7  
Well don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer   
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…’cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hands     

Well Andy got scared and left the bar   
Walking on home ‘cause he didn't live far   
You see, Andy didn't have many friends and he just lost him one     

My brother thought his wife must've left town   
So he went home and finally found   
The only thing Papa left him, and that, was a gun     

Then he went off to Andy's house   
Slipping through the back woods as quiet as a mouse   
…and came upon some tracks too small for Andy to make     

He looked through the screen at the back porch door   
…and he saw Andy lying on the floor   
n a puddle of blood, and he started to shake    

Well the Georgia Patrol was making their rounds   
So he fired a shot just to flag ‘em down   
…and a big bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said “Why'd you do it?”   

…and a judge said ‘guilty’ in a make-believe trial  
…and slapped the sheriff on the back with a smile   
…and said “Supper’s waiting at home and I’ve got to get to it.”   

That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia   
That's the night that they hung an innocent man   
Well don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer   
…’cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hands    

Well they hung my brother before I could say   
The tracks he saw while on this way   
To Andy's house in back that night were mine     

,,,and his cheatin' wife, had never left town   
That's one body that'll never be found   
You see, little sister don't miss when she aims her gun     

That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia   
That's the night that they hung an innocent man   
Well don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer   
…’cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hands  

Revisions to [email protected] 

Peace 

FJK