The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia by Reba Mcentire, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia

by Reba Mcentire

Biography:

Reba Nell McEntire (born on March 28, 1955 - Kiowa, Oklahoma, USA) is a Grammy Award-winning singer and one of the best-selling country music performers of all time, known for her pop-tinged ballads that include 24 #1 hits. She has issued 28 studio albums and 13 compilations, with more than 50 million records sold as of 2007.

With a contract to Mercury Records (1975), McEntire began her professional career singing heavily pop-influenced ballads, a far cry from the neotraditionalist movement she would help lead a few years later.

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CAPO at III

Am - Am - Am - Am

Am Gm/A
He was on his way home from Candletop
Am D
Been two weeks gone and he thought he stop
Am Gm/A Am
at Web's and have him a drink 'for he went home to her

Am Gm/A
Andy Wo-Lo said hello
Am D
he said 'Hi, what's a doing', Wo
Am Gm/A Am
said sit down, I got some bad news that's gonna hurt.

Am Gm/A
Said I'm you best friend and you know that's right
Am D
But your young bride ain't home tonight
Am Gm/A Am
Since you've been gone she's been seeing that Amos boy, Seth

Am Gm/A
He got mad and he saw red
Am D
Andy said, Boy, don't you lose your head
Am Gm/A Am
Cause to tell you the truth, I've been with her myself

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A B E
That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia
A B E
That's the night that they hung an innocent man
A B E
Don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer
A B Em
Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands

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Am Gm/A
Andy got scared and he left the bar
Am D
Walking on home cause he didn't live far
Am Gm/A Am
You see, Andy didn't have many friends and he just lost him one

Am Gm/A
Brother thought his wife must've left town
Am D
So he went home and finally found
Am Gm/A Am
the only thing Daddy left him and that was a gun

Am Gm/A
He went off to Andy's house
Am D
Slipping through the woods as quiet as a mouse
Am Gm/A Am
Come upon some tracks too small for Andy to make

Am Gm/A
He looked through the screen at the back porch door
Am D
He saw Andy lying on the floor
C Em Am
In a puddle of blood, and he started to shake.

A B
The Georgia Patrol was making their rounds
E E
so he fired a shot just to flag them down
A B
A big bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said,
Em
Why'd you do it?

Am Gm/A
The judge said guilty in a make believe trial
Am D
Slapped the sherrif on the back with a smile
Am Gm/A Am
And said suppers waiting at home and I got to get to it

A B E
That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia
A B E
That's the night that they hung an innocent man
A B E
Don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer
A B Em
Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands.

Am Gm/A
They hung my brother before I could say
Am D
the tracks he saw while on this way
Am Gm/A Am
to Andy's house and back that night were mine

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

2x
A B E
That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia
A B E
That's the night that they hung an innocent man
A B E
Don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer
A B Em
Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands.