the lights went out chords by Timothy Seth Avett as Darling

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G
D
Em
A
F#m
B
E
C#m
Dsus4

Intro 1

Verse 1
Am 
G 
He was on  his way home from candle time,
Am 
been two weeks gone
D 
And he thought he'd stop at
Am 
Em 
Webb's and have him a drink before
Am 
he went home to her
Andy
G 
Wolo said hello
Am 
D 
He said, hi, what's doin', whoa
Am 
Said, sit down,
Em 
Am 
I got some bad news that's gonna hurt
He said, I'm your best friend
G 
and you know that's right
Am 
D 
But your young bride ain't home tonight
Am 
Since you've been gone
Em 
She's been see in' that
Am 
Amos boy sad
G 
Now he got mad and he saw red
Am 
And he said, boy,
D 
don't you lose your head
Am 
Cause to tell you the truth,
Em 
Am 
A 
I've been with her myself
F#m 
That's the night that the
B 
lights went out in
E 
C#m 
Georgia
F#m 
That's the night that they
B 
E 
hung an innocent man
C#m 
F#m 
But don't trust your soul to no
B 
E 
C#m 
backwoods southern lawyer
F#m 
Cause the judge in the town's
B 
Em 
got bloodstains on his hand
Well,
Am 
Andy got scared and left the bar
G 
Am 
Walkin' on home cause he
D 
didn't live far to see
Am 
Em 
Andy didn't have any friends
Am 
and he just lost him there
Brother thought his wife
G 
must have left town
Am 
D 
So he went home and finally found
Am 
The only thing daddy had left
Em 
Am 
him and that was a gun
He went off to
G 
Andy's house
Am 
Slippin' through the backwoods
D 
Quarters of mass
Am 
Came upon some tracks
Em 
Too small for
Andy to make
Am 
He looked through the screen
G 
At the back porch door
Am 
And he saw
D 
Andy lyin' on the floor
Am 
In a puddle of blood
Em 
Am 
And he started to shake
The
F#m 
Georgia
B 
Patrol was a -wackin' around
E 
So he fired a shot
C#m 
Just to flag  him down

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Verse 2

F#m

A big -bellied sheriff grabbed his

gun and said

Verse 3

Why'd you do it

Verse 4

The judge said,

guilty on a make -believe trial

Verse 5

Slapped the sheriff on the

back with a smile

Verse 6

And said, sufferer's waiting at home

Verse 7

And I gotta get to it

Verse 8

F#m

That's the night that the

lights went out in

C#m

Georgia

Verse 9
F#m 
That's the night that they
B 
E 
hung an innocent man
C#m 
F#m 
Well, don't trust your soul to no
B 
E 
C#m 
backwoods southern lawyer
F#m 
Cause the judge in the town's
B 
Em 
got bloodstains on his hands
Am 
Well, they hung my brother
G 
before I  could say
Am 
The tracks he saw of I'm
D 
on his way to
Am 
Andy's house
Em 
Am 
And back that night were mine
And this cheatin' wife had
G 
Dsus4 
never left town
Am 
That's one body that'll
D 
never be found
Am 
You see, little sister don't miss
Em 
Am 
A 
when she aims her gun
F#m 
That's the night that the
B 
lions went out in
E 
C#m 
Georgia
F#m 
That's the night that they
B 
E 
hung an innocent man
C#m 
F#m 
But don't trust a southern or
B 
E 
backwoods southern lawyer
C#m 
F#m 
Cause the judge in the town's got
B 
E 
bloodstains on his head
F#m 
That's the night that the
B 
lights went out in
E 
C#m 
Georgia
F#m 
That's the night that they
B 
E 
hung an innocent man
C#m 
F#m 
Well, don't trust your southern old
B 
E 
backwoods southern lawyer
C#m 
F#m 
Cause the judge in the town's
B 
Em 
got bloodstains on his hands