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XXOOOX (CAPO at III)
CAPO at III
Am (x02210@1) OPEN
He was on his way home from Candletop
C (x32010@1) DBeen (xx0232@1)two weeks gone and he thought he stop
C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) Amat (x02210@1)Web's and have him a drink 'for he went home to her
Am (x02210@1) OPEN
Andy Wo-Lo said hello
C (x32010@1) Dhe (xx0232@1)said 'Hi, what's a doing', Wo
C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) Amsaid (x02210@1)sit down, I got some bad news that's gonna hurt.
Am (x02210@1) OPEN
Said I'm you best friend and you know that's right
C (x32010@1) DBut (xx0232@1)your young bride ain't home tonight
C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) AmSince (x02210@1)you've been gone she's been seeing that Amos boy, Seth
Am (x02210@1) OPEN
He got mad and he saw red
C (x32010@1) DAndy (xx0232@1)said, Boy, don't you lose your head
C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) AmCause (x02210@1)to tell you the truth, I've been with her myself
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A (x02220@1) B (x2444x@1) EThat's (022100@1)the night that the lights went out in Georgia
A (x02220@1) B (x2444x@1) EThat's (022100@1)the night that they hung an innocent man
A (x02220@1) B (x2444x@1) EDon't (022100@1)trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer
A (x02220@1) B (x2444x@1) EmCause (022000@1)the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands
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Am (x02210@1) OPEN
Andy got scared and he left the bar
C (x32010@1) DWalking (xx0232@1)on home cause he didn't live far
C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) AmYou (x02210@1)see, Andy didn't have many friends and he just lost him one
Am (x02210@1) OPEN
Brother thought his wife must've left town
C (x32010@1) DSo (xx0232@1)he went home and finally found
C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) Amthe (x02210@1)only thing Daddy left him and that was a gun
Am (x02210@1) OPEN
He went off to Andy's house
C (x32010@1) DSlipping (xx0232@1)through the woods as quiet as a mouse
C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) AmCome (x02210@1)upon some tracks too small for Andy to make
Am (x02210@1) OPEN
He looked through the screen at the back porch door
C (x32010@1) DHe (xx0232@1)saw Andy lying on the floor
C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) AmIn (x02210@1)a puddle of blood, and he started to shake.
A (x02220@1) BThe (x2444x@1)Georgia Patrol was making their rounds
E (022100@1) Eso (022100@1)he fired a shot just to flag them down
A (x02220@1) BA (x2444x@1)big bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said,
EmWhy'd (022000@1)you do it?
Am (x02210@1) OPEN
They hung my brother before I could say
C (x32010@1) Dthe (xx0232@1)tracks he saw while on this way
C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) Amto (x02210@1)Andy's house and back that night were mine
Am (x02210@1) OPEN
And his cheatin' wife had never left town
C (x32010@1) DThat's (xx0232@1)one body that'll never be found
C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) AmYou (x02210@1)see, little sister don't miss when she aims her gun
A (x02220@1) B (x2444x@1) EThat's (022100@1)the night that the lights went out in Georgia
A (x02220@1) B (x2444x@1) EThat's (022100@1)the night that they hung an innocent man
A (x02220@1) B (x2444x@1) EDon't (022100@1)trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer
A (x02220@1) B (x2444x@1) ECause (022100@1)the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands.
