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	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 a	way 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 h	ide 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 a	gain

	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?

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Georgia Lee

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