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Georgia Lee

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Capo on the 1st fret
Intro:   C    G  C  
CCold was Fthe Cnight, Fhard was the Cground
They Ffound her in a Csmall grove of GtreesG7  
CLonesome was Fthe Cplace where FGeorgia was Cfound
She's too Fyoung to be Cout
On the Gstreet.
G7Why wasn't God Cwatching?C/B  F  
Why G7wasn't God Clistening?C/B  F  
Why G7wasn't God Cthere for
G7Georgia CLee?
Ida said she Ccouldn't Fkeep CGeorgia
From Fdropping out of Cschool
I was Fdoing the Cbest that I GcouldG7  
But Cshe just Fkept Crunnin aFway from this Cworld
These Fchildren are so Chard to raise Ggood
G7Why wasn't God Cwatching?C/B  F  
Why G7wasn't God Clistening?C/B  F  
Why G7wasn't God Cthere for
G7Georgia CLee?
GClose your Ceyes and Fcount to Cten
GI will Cgo and hFide but Gthen
EmBe sure to Afind me. I Fwant you to Gfind me
And we'll Cplay all Fover
We will Cplay all Fover
We will Cplay all Fover aCgainG  G7  
There's a Ctoad in Fthe Cwitch grass
There's a Fcrow in the Ccorn
Wild Fflowers on a Ccross by the GroadG7  
And Csomewhere Fa Cbaby is Fcrying
For her Cmom
As the Fhills turn from Cgreen back
To Ggold
G7Why wasn't God Cwatching?C/B  F  
Why G7wasn't God Clistening?C/B  F  
Why G7wasn't God Cthere for
G7Georgia CLee?
Why G7wasn't God Cwatching?C/B  F  
Why G7wasn't God Clistening?C/B  F  
Why G7wasn't God Cthere for
G7Georgia CLee?
F  C  G  C

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Georgia Lee

by Tom Waits

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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C/B

Capo on the 1st fret

C G C

Intro:

C F C F C

Cold was the night, hard was the ground

F C G G7

They found her in a small grove of trees

C F C F C

Lonesome was the place where Georgia was found

F C

She's too young to be out

On the street.

G7 C C/B F

Why wasn't God watching?

G7 C C/B F

Why wasn't God listening?

G7 C

Why wasn't God there for

G7 C

Georgia Lee?

C F C

Ida said she couldn't keep Georgia

F C

From dropping out of school

F C G G7

I was doing the best that I could

C F C F C

But she just kept runnin away from this world

F C G

These children are so hard to raise good

G7 C C/B F

Why wasn't God watching?

G7 C C/B F

Why wasn't God listening?

G7 C

Why wasn't God there for

G7 C

Georgia Lee?

G C F C

Close your eyes and count to ten

G C F G

I will go and hide but then

Em A F G

Be sure to find me. I want you to find me

C F

And we'll play all over

C F

We will play all over

C F C G G7

We will play all over again

C F C

There's a toad in the witch grass

F C

There's a crow in the corn

F C G G7

Wild flowers on a cross by the road

C F C F

And somewhere a baby is crying

For her mom

F C

As the hills turn from green back

To gold

G7 C C/B F

Why wasn't God watching?

G7 C C/B F

Why wasn't God listening?

G7 C

Why wasn't God there for

G7 C

Georgia Lee?

G7 C C/B F

Why wasn't God watching?

G7 C C/B F

Why wasn't God listening?

G7 C

Why wasn't God there for

G7 C

Georgia Lee?

F C G C

About Georgia Lee Chords by Tom Waits

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