CAPO at III A5 open He was on his way home from Candletop C5 D5 Been two weeks gone and he thought he stop C5 E5 A5 at Web's and have him a drink 'for he went home to her A5 open Andy Wo-Lo said hello C5 D5 he said 'Hi, what's a doing', Wo C5 E5 A5 said sit down, I got some bad news that's gonna hurt. A5 open Said I'm you best friend and you know that's right C5 D5 But your young bride ain't home tonight C5 E5 A5 Since you've been gone she's been seeing that Amos boy, Seth A5 open He got mad and he saw red C5 D5 Andy said, Boy, don't you lose your head C5 E5 A5 Cause to tell you the truth, I've been with her myself Refr?o ------------- A5 B5 E5 That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia A5 B5 E5 That's the night that they hung an innocent man A5 B5 E5 Don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer A5 B5 E5 Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands -------------------- A5 open Andy got scared and he left the bar C5 D5 Walking on home cause he didn't live far C5 E5 A5 You see, Andy didn't have many friends and he just lost him one A5 open Brother thought his wife must've left town C5 D5 So he went home and finally found C5 E5 A5 the only thing Daddy left him and that was a gun A5 open He went off to Andy's house C5 D5 Slipping through the woods as quiet as a mouse C5 E5 A5 Come upon some tracks too small for Andy to make A5 open He looked through the screen at the back porch door C5 D5 He saw Andy lying on the floor C5 E5 A5 In a puddle of blood, and he started to shake. A5 B5 The Georgia Patrol was making their rounds E5 E5 so he fired a shot just to flag them down A5 B5 A big bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said, E5 Why'd you do it? A5 open They hung my brother before I could say C5 D5 the tracks he saw while on this way C5 E5 A5 to Andy's house and back that night were mine A5 open And his cheatin' wife had never left town C5 D5 That's one body that'll never be found C5 E5 A5 You see, little sister don't miss when she aims her gun A5 B5 E5 That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia A5 B5 E5 That's the night that they hung an innocent man A5 B5 E5 Don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer A5 B5 E5 Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands