| Song Name: | Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia! | By: | Reba McEntire! |
| Posted By: | Spiritgirl33 | Difficulty: | Any |
| Key: | Eb | Genre: | Country |
| Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
| Created: | 2009-03-11 20:03:53 | Modified: | 2009-03-11 21:03:51 |
| Song: | Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia!
5 5 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 6 6 He was on his way home from Can-dle-top, 6 7 8 8 been two weeks gone 8 8 -9 -8 -8 -8 7 and he'd thought he'd stop at Web's 7 7 -7 -6 -7 -7 -7 -7 -6 6 -6 and have him a drink 'fore he went home to her. -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 6 6 An-dy Wo-lo said "hel-lo". 7 8 8 -10 -9 -8 He said "Hi, what's do-in'?" -8 -8 7 7 7 7 -6 -7 -7 Wo said "Sit down I got some bad news, -7 -6 6 -6 it's gon-na hurt". 5 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 He said "I'm your best friend -6 -7 6 6 6 and you know that's right. 7 8 8 8 -9 -8 -8 7 But your young bride ain't home to-night. 7 7 7 -7 Since you been gone -6 -7 -7 -7 -7 -6 6 -6 she's been see'n that A-mos boy Seth". 5 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 6 6 Now he got mad and he saw red. 7 8 8 8 8 8 -9 -8 -8 An-dy said "boy don'tcha lose your head, -8 -7 7 7 7 7 cause to tell you the truth -7 -7 -7 -6 6 -6 I've been with her my-self". Chorus: (Change to Key of G) -8 -8 -8 Higher -4 -4 -4 Lower That's the night -8 7 8 8 8 -87 7 6 -4 4 5 5 5 -44 4 2 that the lights went out in Geor-gia. -8 -8 -8 -4 -4 -4 That's the night -8 7 8 8 8 -8 7 7 -4 4 5 5 5 -4 4 4 that they hung an in-no-cent man. 6 7 -8 -8 -8 3 4 -4 -4 -4 Well don't trust your soul 7 -8 8 8 8 -8 7 6 4 -4 5 5 5 -4 4 2 to no back-woods sou-thern law-yer. -6 7 -8 -8 7 -8 -3 4 -4 -4 4 -4 Cause the judge in the town's 7 8 7 7 -6 7 4 5 4 4 -3 4 got blood-stains on his hands. Verse 2: 5 2 Well, (Change to Key of Eb) -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 6 6 An-dy got scared and left the bar. 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 -9 -8 -8 -8 An' walk-in' on home 'cause he did-n't live far; -8 -8 7 7 7 7 7 -7 -6 -7 you see An-dy did-n't have ma-ny friends, -7 -7 -7 -6 6 -6 and he'd just lost him one. -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 6 6 6 Bro-ther thought his wife must-'ve left town, 6 7 8 8 8 -9 -8 -8 -8 -8 so he went on home and fin-al-ly found 7 7 7 7 -7 -6 -7 -7 the on-ly thing Dad-dy left him -7 -7 -6 6 -6 and that was a gun. -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 6 6 He went off to An-dy's house, 7 8 8 8 8 -10 slip-pin' through the back-woods -9 -8 -8 -8 8 qui-et as a mouse. 7 7 7 7 -6 Came up-on some tracks -7 -7 -7 -7 -6 6 -6 too small for An-dy to make. 5 -6 -6 -6 -6 He looked through the screen -6 -6 -7 6 6 at the back porch door 6 7 8 8 8 -9 -8 -8 -8 -8 an' he saw An-dy ly-in' on the floor -8-7 7 7 7 7 in a pud-dle of blood -7 -7 -7 -6 6 -6 and he start-ed to shake. 8 The (start key of "G") -6 -9 -9 -9 -9 8 9 9 9 9 Geor-gia pa-trol was a mak-in' their rounds 8 7 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 7 so he fired a shot just to flag 'em down. -7 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 8 -9 A big bel-lied sher-iff grabbed his gun 8 9 -9 8 8 8 and said "Why'd you do it?" 5 The (back to Eb) -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 6 6 6 judge said "guil-ty" in a make be-lieve trial. 7 8 8 8 -8 8 -9 -8 -8 -8 Slapped the sher-iff on the back with a smile -8 -8 7 7 7 -7 -6 -7 and said "Sup-per's wait-in' at home -7 -7 -7 -6 6 6 -6 and I got to get to it". Chorus (change to key of "G") Verse 3: 5 5 -6 -6 -6 -6 Well they hung my bro-ther -6 -7 6 6 6 be-fore I could say 6 7 8 8 the tracks he saw -10 -9 -8 -8 -8 7 7 7 while on his way to An-dy's house -7-6 -7 -7 -7 -6 6 -6 and back that night were mine. 5 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 6 6 6 And his cheat-in' wife had ne-ver left town, 6 7 8 8 8 -8 8 -9 -8 -8 -8 and that's one bo-dy that-'ll ne-ver be found -8 7 7 7 7 -7 -6 -7 cause lit-tle sis-ter don't miss -7 -7 -6 6 -6 when she aims her gun. Chorus (Repeat 2 times in Key of Eb, then a 3rd time in the Key of G) |
