Tom Waits – Georgia Lee (Guitar)
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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!
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?
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And there it is! Enjoy! Long live Tom waits!