B C een two weeks gone and he tho D ught he stop
at W C eb's and have him a dr Em ink 'for he went home to Am her
Am OPEN
Andy Wo-Lo said hello
he said ' C Hi, what's a d D oing', Wo
said s C it down, I got some Em bad news that's gonna Am hurt.
Am OPEN
Said I'm you best friend and you know that's right
But y C our young bride ain't h D ome tonight
Si C nce you've been gone she's been s Em eeing that Amos boy, Am Seth
Am OPEN
He got mad and he saw red
A C ndy said, Boy, don't you l D ose your head
Cause to t C ell you the truth, Em I've been with her Am myself
T A hat's the night that the li B ghts went out in G E eorgia
T A hat's the night that they h B ung an innocent m E an
D A on't trust your soul to no b B ackwoods Southern E lawyer
Cause the j A udge in the town's got b B lood stains on his Em hands
Am OPEN
Andy got scared and he left the bar
W C alking on home cause he d D idn't live far
You s C ee, Andy didn't have many f Em riends and he just lost him Am one
Am OPEN
Brother thought his wife must've left town
So he w C ent home and fi D nally found
the o C nly thing Daddy l Em eft him and that was a Am gun
Am OPEN
He went off to Andy's house
S C lipping through the woods as qu D iet as a mouse
C C ome upon some tr Em acks too small for Andy to Am make
Am OPEN
He looked through the screen at the back porch door
C He saw Andy l D ying on the floor
In a p C uddle of blood, Em and he started to s Am hake.
The G A eorgia Patrol was m B aking their rounds
so he f E ired a shot just to f E lag them down
A A big bellied sheriff grabbed his g B un and said,
Why'd you Em do it?
Am OPEN
They hung my brother before I could say
the tr C acks he saw while o D n this way
to A C ndy's house and b Em ack that night were Am mine
Am OPEN
And his cheatin' wife had never left town
T C hat's one body that'll n D ever be found
You C see, little sister don't Em miss when she aims her Am gun
T A hat's the night that the li B ghts went out in G E eorgia
T A hat's the night that they h B ung an innocent m E an
D A on't trust your soul to no b B ackwoods Southern E lawyer
Cause the j A udge in the town's got b B lood stains on his E hands
Notes:
(1) OPEN is just an open string chord, XXOOOX (CAPO at III)
(2) Inspired by Reba's upcoming concert in my hometown,
San Jose, CA. -- I got my tickets :)
Regards, Steven Kuo (skuo@galaxy.nsc.com)
Reba McEntire
