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!