Reba McEntire – The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia (Guitar)

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He was on his way home from Candletop

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Been two weeks gone and he thought he'd stop

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at Web's and have him a drink 'fore 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 your 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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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"

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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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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

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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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Come 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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He saw Andy lying on the floor

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In a puddle of blood, and he started to shake

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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?

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The judge said guilty in a make-believe trial

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Slapped the sheriff on the back with a smile

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And said supper's waiting at home and I got to get to it

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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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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

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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

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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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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

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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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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