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