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
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/tom_waits/georgia_lee_crd.html )
CFCFC
Cold was the night, hard was the ground
FCGG7
They found her in a small grove of trees
CFCFC
Lonesome was the place where Georgia was found
FC
She's too young to be out
G
On the street.
G7CF/B
Why wasn't God watching?
G7CF/B
Why wasn't God listening?
G7C
Why wasn't God there for
G7C
Georgia Lee?
CFC
Ida said she couldn't keep Georgia
FC
From dropping out of school
FCGG7
I was doing the best that I could
CFCFC
But she just kept runnin away from this world
FCG
These children are so hard to raise good
G7CF/B
Why wasn't God watching?
G7CF/B
Why wasn't God listening?
G7C
Why wasn't God there for
G7C
Georgia Lee?
GCFC
Close your eyes and count to ten
GCFG
I will go and hide but then
EmAFG
Be sure to find me. I want you to find me
CF
And we'll play all over
CF
We will play all over
CFCG7
We will play all over again
CFC
There's a toad in the witch grass
FC
There's a crow in the corn
FCGG7
Wild flowers on a cross by the road
CFCF
And somewhere a baby is crying
C
For her mom
FC
As the hills turn from green back
G
To gold
G7CF/B
Why wasn't God watching?
G7CF/B
Why wasn't God listening?
G7C
Why wasn't God there for
G7C
Georgia Lee?
G7CF/B
Why wasn't God watching?
G7CF/B
Why wasn't God listening?
G7C
Why wasn't God there for
G7C
Georgia Lee?
FCGC
And there it is! Enjoy! Long live Tom waits!