Chords with lyrics
Title: Georgia lee
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!