The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia - Acoustic Version

He was on his way home from Candletop

Been two weeks gone and he thought he'd stop

At Web's and have him a drink for he went home to her

Andy Wo-Lo said hello

He said "Hi, what's new"

And Wo said, "Sit down, I got some bad news that's gonna hurt"

Said I'm your best friend, and you know that's right

But your young bride ain't home tonight

Since you been gone, she's been seeing that Amos boy, Seth

Now, he got mad and he saw red

Andy said, boy, don't you lose your head

'Cause to tell you the truth, I've been with her myself

That's the night that the lights went out in Georgia

That's the night that they hung an innocent man

So don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer

'Cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hands

Well, Andy got scared and left the bar

Walkin' on home 'cause he didn't live far, you see

Andy didn't have many friends, he just lost him one

Brother thought his wife must've left town

He went home and finally found the only thing

Daddy had left him and that was a gun

So he went off to Andy's house

Slipping through the backwoods quiet as a mouse

Came upon some tracks too small for Andy to make

He looked through the screen on the back porch door

He saw Andy lyin' on the floor

In a puddle of blood and he started to shake

Well, Georgia patrol was making their rounds

So he fired a shot just to flag 'em down

A big bellied sheriff grabbed his gun and said

"Why'd you do it?"

The judge said guilty on a make-believe trial

Slapped the sheriff on the back with a smile

And said, supper's waitin' at home, I gotta get to it

That's the night the lights went out in Georgia

That's the night that they hung an innocent man

So don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer

'Cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hands

They hung my brother before I could say

Tracks he saw while on his way

To Andy's house and back that night were mine

And his cheatin' wife had never left town

That's one body that'll never be found

You see, little sister don't miss when she aims her gun

That's the night the lights went out in Georgia

That's the night that they hung an innocent man

So don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer

'Cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hands

That's the night the lights went out in Georgia

That's the night that they hung an innocent man, huh

So don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer

'Cause the judge in the town's got bloodstains on his hands

Oh, no