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Georgia Lee by Tom Waits
Georgia Lee
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
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version 2
Time signature: 3/4 time
CAPO: 1st fret (sounds in key of Db)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
C = x32010 Am = x02210 Em/B = x22000
G7sus4 = 330011 C/G = 332010 Cmaj7 = x32000
G7 = 320001 C/B = x2xxxx A7 = x02020
F = 133211 C/D = xx0010 Dm7 = xx0211
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C G7sus4 G7 C
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C F C Am F C/G
Well, cold was the night, and hard was the ground,
F C G7sus4 G7
They found her in a small grove of trees,
C F C Am F C/G
And lonesome was the place ...where Georgia was found,
F C G7sus4
She's too young to be out on the street!
G7 C C C/B F
Why wasn't God watching? | / / / | / / / |
G7 C C C/B F
Why wasn't God listening? | / / / | / / / |
G7 C G7sus4 G7 C C/D C
Why wasn't God there for Geor - gia Lee?
C F C Am F C/G
Ida said she couldn't keep Georgia from dropping out of school,
F C G7sus4 G7
"I was doing the best that I could,
C F C Am F C/G
Oh, but she just kept running ...a - way from this world,
F C G7sus4
These children are so hard to raise good!"
G7 C C C/B F
Why wasn't God watching? | / / / | / / / |
G7 C C C/B F
Why wasn't God listening? | / / / | / / / |
G7 C G7sus4 G7 C C/D C
Why wasn't God there for Geor - gia Lee?
G7sus4 G7 C Em/B F C G7sus4 G7 C Em/B F
Close your eyes, and count to ten, and I--- will go ...and hide,
G7sus4 G7 Cmaj7 A7 Dm7 G7
But then, be sure to find me, I want you to find me,
C F C F
And we'll play ...all over, we'll play ...all over,
C F C G7sus4
We'll play ...all over a - gain!
G7 C F C Am F C/G
There's a toad in the witch grass, there's a crow in the corn,
F C G7sus4 G7
Wild flowers on a cross by the road,
C F C Am F C/G
And somewhere a baby ...is crying for her mom,
F C G7sus4
As the hills turn from green back to gold!
G7 C C C/B F
Why wasn't God watching? | / / / | / / / |
G7 C C C/B F
Why wasn't God listening? | / / / | / / / |
G7 C G7sus4 G7 C
Why wasn't God there for Geor - gia Lee?
G7 C C C/B F
Why wasn't God watching? | / / / | / / / |
G7 C C C/B F
Why wasn't God listening? | / / / | / / / |
G7 C G7sus4 G7 C
Why wasn't God there for--- Geor - gia Lee?
F C G7sus4 G7 C
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