Georgia Lee chords by Tom Waits

Chords with lyrics

Title: Georgia lee
Artist: Tom Waits
Album: Mule Variations


Capo on the 1st fret

Intro: C majorC G+G C majorC

C majorC    FF  C majorC   FF      C majorC
Cold was the night, hard was the ground
   FF       C majorC       G+G  G7G7
They found her in a small grove of trees
C majorC      FF  C majorC      FF      C majorC
Lonesome was the place where Georgia was found
     FF      C majorC
She's too young to be out
    G+G
On the street.
G7G7       C majorC    C/BC/B  FF
Why wasn't God watching?
  G7G7     C majorC     C/BC/B  FF
Why wasn't God listening?
  G7G7     C majorC
Why wasn't God there for
G7G7   C majorC
Georgia Lee?
       C majorC    FF  C majorC
Ida said she couldn't keep Georgia
   FF        C majorC
From dropping out of school
   FF     C majorC      G+G   G7G7
I was doing the best that I could
  C majorC    FF  C majorC    FF       C majorC
But she just kept runnin away from this world
   FF        C majorC       G+G
These children are so hard to raise good
G7G7       C majorC    C/BC/B  FF
Why wasn't God watching?
  G7G7     C majorC     C/BC/B  FF
Why wasn't God listening?
  G7G7     C majorC
Why wasn't God there for
G7G7   C majorC
Georgia Lee?
G+G     C majorC    FF    C majorC
Close your eyes and count to ten
G+G   C majorC    FF    G+G
I will go and hide but then
E minorEm     A augmentedA     FF      G+G
Be sure to find me. I want you to find me
     C majorC    FF
And we'll play all over
    C majorC    FF
We will play all over
    C majorC    FF   C majorC   G+G  G7G7
We will play all over again
     C majorC    FF  C majorC
There's a toad in the witch grass
     FF      C majorC
There's a crow in the corn
   FF      C majorC      G+G  G7G7
Wild flowers on a cross by the road
  C majorC     FF C majorC    FF
And somewhere a baby is crying
    C majorC
For her mom
    FF        C majorC
As the hills turn from green back
  G+G
To gold
G7G7       C majorC    C/BC/B  FF
Why wasn't God watching?
  G7G7     C majorC     C/BC/B  FF
Why wasn't God listening?
  G7G7     C majorC
Why wasn't God there for
G7G7   C majorC
Georgia Lee?
  G7G7     C majorC    C/BC/B  FF
Why wasn't God watching?
  G7G7     C majorC     C/BC/B  FF
Why wasn't God listening?
  G7G7     C majorC
Why wasn't God there for
G7G7   C majorC
Georgia Lee?

FF C majorC G+G C majorC

And there it is! Enjoy! Long live Tom waits!