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Georgia Lee by Tom Waits - Guitar Chords

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            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        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! 
        

We also have 68 songs by Tom Waits

• Anywhere I Lay My Head
• Better Off Without A Wife
• Blind Love
• Blue Skies
• Blue Valentines
• Cemetery Polka
• Chocolate Jesus
• Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis
• Clap Hands
• Cold Cold Ground
• Cold Water
• Come On Up To The House
• Diamonds And Gold
• Dirt In The Ground
• Downtown Train
• Drunk On The Moon
• Falling Down
• Fumblin With The Blues
• Georgia Lee
• Goin Out West
• Grapefruit Moon
• Green Grass
• Gun Street Girl
• Hang Down Your Head
• Hold On
• Hope I Dont Fall In Love With You
• House Where Nobody Lives
• I Dont Wanna Grow Up
• I Hope That I Dont Fall In Love With You
• I Want You
• Ice Cream Man
• Ill Be Gone
• In The Neighborhood
• Invitation To The Blues
• Jersey Girl
• Jesus Gonna Be Here
• Jockey Full Of Bourbon
• Little Trip To Heaven
• Long Way Home
• Martha
• New Coat Of Paint
• Ol 55
• Old Shoes And Picture Postcards
• On The Nickel
• Picture In A Frame
• Please Call Me Baby
• Ponchos Lament
• Rain Dogs
• Rosie
• Rubys Arms
• San Diego Serenade
• Shiver Me Timbers
• Singapore
• Soldiers Things
• Somewhere From West Side Story
• Swordfishtrombone
• Take It With Me
• Take Me Home
• Tango Till Theyre Sore
• Telephone Call From Istanbul
• Temptation
• Time
• Tom Trauberts Blues
• Train Song
• Underground
• Walking Spanish
• Way Down In The Hole
• Yesterday Is Here

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