Georgia Lee chords by Tom Waits
Guitar chords with lyrics
Title: Georgia lee
Artist: Tom Waits
Album: Mule Variations
Capo on the 1st fret
Intro: C G C
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
G
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
C
For her mom
F C
As the hills turn from green back
G
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 And there it is! Enjoy! Long live Tom waits!
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