Georgia Lee chords by Tom Waits

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!