Georgia Lee Tom Waits
Title: Georgia lee
Artist: Tom Waits
Album: Mule Variations
This is such beautiful and moving song! This is so we guitarists can put our side to it!
very simple so good news there! Great album too!
Capo on the 1st fret
Intro: C G C
[C]Cold was [F]the [C]night, [F]hard was the [C]ground
They [F]found her in a [C]small grove of [G]trees[G7]
[C]Lonesome was [F]the [C]place where [F]Georgia was [C]found
She's too [F]young to be [C]out
On the [G]street.
[G7]Why wasn't God [C]watching?[C/B] [F]
Why [G7]wasn't God [C]listening?[C/B] [F]
Why [G7]wasn't God [C]there for
[G7]Georgia [C]Lee?
Ida said she [C]couldn't [F]keep [C]Georgia
From [F]dropping out of [C]school
I was [F]doing the [C]best that I [G]could[G7]
But [C]she just [F]kept [C]runnin a[F]way from this [C]world
These [F]children are so [C]hard to raise [G]good
[G7]Why wasn't God [C]watching?[C/B] [F]
Why [G7]wasn't God [C]listening?[C/B] [F]
Why [G7]wasn't God [C]there for
[G7]Georgia [C]Lee?
[G]Close your [C]eyes and [F]count to [C]ten
[G]I will [C]go and h[F]ide but [G]then
[Em]Be sure to [A]find me. I [F]want you to [G]find me
And we'll [C]play all [F]over
We will [C]play all [F]over
We will [C]play all [F]over a[C]gain[G] [G7]
There's a [C]toad in [F]the [C]witch grass
There's a [F]crow in the [C]corn
Wild [F]flowers on a [C]cross by the [G]road[G7]
And [C]somewhere [F]a [C]baby is [F]crying
For her [C]mom
As the [F]hills turn from [C]green back
To [G]gold
[G7]Why wasn't God [C]watching?[C/B] [F]
Why [G7]wasn't God [C]listening?[C/B] [F]
Why [G7]wasn't God [C]there for
[G7]Georgia [C]Lee?
Why [G7]wasn't God [C]watching?[C/B] [F]
Why [G7]wasn't God [C]listening?[C/B] [F]
Why [G7]wasn't God [C]there for
[G7]Georgia [C]Lee?
[F] [C] [G] [C]
And there it is! Enjoy! Long live Tom waits!
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