Georgia Lee chords by Tom Waits
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Verse 1
(C major) (G major) (C major) Cold was the (F major) (C major) night
and (A minor) hard was (F major) the (C major) ground
They (F major) found her in a small (C major)
grove of trees (Gsus4) (G major)
And lone (C major) some was (F major) the (C major) place
where (A minor) Georgia was (F major) found (C major)
She's too (F major) young to be out (C major)
on the street (Gsus4)
Verse 2
Why (G major) wasn't God (C major) watching? (F major)
Why (G major) wasn't God (C major) listening? (F major)
Why (G major) wasn't God there (C major)
For (G major) Georgia Lee?
(C major) (G major)
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Verse 3
(C major)
Ida said she couldn't keep (F major) (C major) Georgia
from (A minor) dropping out of (F major) school (C major)
I was do (F major) ing the (C major) best that
I could (Gsus4) (G major)
Oh, but she (C major) just (F major) kept (C major) running
away from (F major) this (C major) world
These chil (F major) dren are so (C major)
hard to raise (Gsus4) good
Verse 4
(G major) Why wasn't God (C major) watching? (F major)
Why (G major) wasn't God (C major) listening? (F major)
Why (G major) wasn't God there (C major)
For Geor (Gsus4) gia (G major) (C major) Lee?
Verse 5
Close (Gsus4) (G major) your (C major) eyes and (F major) count to ten (C major)
(G major) I will (C major) go and (F major) hide but then (Gsus4) (G major)
(C major) Be (E minor) sure to find (A major) me,
I want (D minor) you to find (G major) me
And we'll play (C major) all over (F major)
We'll (C major) play all over
(F major) We'll play (C major) all over
(F major) Again
(C major)
Verse 6
(Gsus4)
(G major) There's a toad (C major) in the (F major) (C major) witch grass,
there's (A minor) a crow in (F major) the (C major) corn
Wild flowers (F major) on a cross (C major) by the (G major) road
And some (C major) where (F major) a (C major) baby is
(A minor) crying for (F major) her (C major) mom
As the hills (F major) turn from (C major) green
back (G major) to gold (Gsus4)
Verse 7
An (G major) d why wasn't God
(C major) watching? (F major)
(G major) Why wasn't God (C major) listening? (F major)
Why (G major) wasn't God (C major) there
For (G major) Georgia Lee? (C major)
Verse 8
Why (G major) wasn't God (C major) watching? (F major)
Why (G major) wasn't God (C major) listening? (F major)
And why (G major) wasn't God (C major) there
For (G major) Georgia (C major) Lee?
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Georgia Lee
Tom Waits
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