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Georgia Lee by Phoebe Bridgers

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Key: A

Intro:

A F# A
 
 
Verse:
A        D   A         D              A
Cold was the night, hard was the ground
     D              A                F#   F#7
They found her in a small grove of trees
A             D    A              D          A
Lonesome was the place where Georgia was found
          D             A
She's too young to be out
       F#
On the street.
 
 
Chorus:
F#7            A         A   D
Why wasn't God watching?
    F#7        A         A   D
Why wasn't God listening?
    F#7        A
Why wasn't God there for
F#7     A
Georgia Lee?

Verse:
             A         D     A
Ida said she couldn't keep Georgia
     D               A
From dropping out of school
      D         A             F#   F#7
I was doing the best that I could
A        D    A              D           A
But she kept runnin away from this world
      D               A              F#
These children are so hard to raise good
 
 
Chorus:
F#7            A         A   D
Why wasn't God watching?
    F#7        A         A   D
Why wasn't God listening?
    F#7        A
Why wasn't God there for
F#7     A
Georgia Lee?
 
 
Bridge:
F#         A          D         A
Close your eyes and count to ten
F#     A        D        F#
I will go and hide but then
D#M        G          D            F#
Be sure to find me. I want you to find me
          A        D
And we'll play all over
      A         D
We'll play all over
      A         D
We'll play all over
        A        D    A      F#  F#7
We will play all over again
 
 
Verse:
          A       D     A
There's a toad in the witch grass
          D             A
There's a crow in the corn
     D            A             F#   F#7
Wild flowers on a cross by the road
    A         D  A        D
And somewhere a baby is crying
        A
For her mom
       D                A
As the hills turn from green back
   F#
To gold
 
 
Chorus:
F#7            A         A   D
Why wasn't God watching?
    F#7        A         A   D
Why wasn't God listening?
    F#7        A
Why wasn't God there for
F#7     A
Georgia Lee?
 
 
Outro:
D  A  F#  A