Georgia Lee Chords

Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

C G C

CCold was Fthe Cnight, Fhard was the Cground

 They Ffound her in a Csmall grove of GtreesG7

CLonesome was Fthe Cplace where FGeorgia was Cfound

 She's too Fyoung to be Cout

 On the Gstreet.

G7Why wasn't God Cwatching?C/B F

 Why G7wasn't God Clistening?C/B F

 Why G7wasn't God Cthere for

G7Georgia CLee?

 Ida said she Ccouldn't Fkeep CGeorgia

 From Fdropping out of Cschool

 I was Fdoing the Cbest that I Gcould G7

 But Cshe just Fkept Crunnin aFway from this Cworld

 These Fchildren are so Chard to raise Ggood

G7Why wasn't God Cwatching?C/B F

 Why G7wasn't God Clistening?C/B F

 Why G7wasn't God Cthere for

G7Georgia CLee?

GClose your Ceyes and Fcount to Cten

GI will Cgo and hFide but Gthen

EmBe sure to Afind me. I Fwant you to Gfind me

 And we'll Cplay all Fover

 We will Cplay all Fover

 We will Cplay all Fover aCgain G G7

 There's a Ctoad in Fthe Cwitch grass

 There's a Fcrow in the Ccorn

 Wild Fflowers on a Ccross by the Groad G7

 And Csomewhere Fa Cbaby is Fcrying

 For her Cmom

 As the Fhills turn from Cgreen back

 To Ggold

G7Why wasn't God Cwatching?C/B F

 Why G7wasn't God Clistening?C/B F

 Why G7wasn't God Cthere for

G7Georgia CLee?

 Why G7wasn't God Cwatching?C/B F

 Why G7wasn't God Clistening?C/B F

 Why G7wasn't God Cthere for

G7Georgia CLee?

F C G C

And there it is! Enjoy! Long live Tom waits!