Artist: Tom Waits
Song: Georgia lee
Tabbed by: DJ
22nd Nov 2012

Tuning:Standard
CAPO: 1st fret (sounds in key of Db)
Time signature: 3/4 time

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C (x32010@1)      G7sus4 (3x301x@1) G7 (320001@1) C| (x32010@1) /  /  / |  /  /   / |  /  /  / |  /  /  / |

C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1)       Am (x02210@1)     F (133211@1)  C/GWell, (3x555x@1)cold was the night, and hard was the ground, 
       F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1)          G7sus4 (3x301x@1) G7They (320001@1)found her in a small grove of trees,
      C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1)  F (133211@1)  C/GAnd (3x555x@1)lonesome was the place where Georgia was found,
            F (133211@1)       C (x32010@1)        G7sus4 (3x301x@1) 
She's too young to be out on the street!

G7 (320001@1)        C (x32010@1)     C (x32010@1)(C/B) F (133211@1)        
Why wasn't God watching?
      G7 (320001@1)        C (x32010@1)     C (x32010@1)(C/B) F (133211@1)        
Why wasn't God listening?      
      G7 (320001@1)        C (x32010@1)   G7sus4 (3x301x@1)G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1)   C/D (x5555x@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C        
Why wasn't God there for Geor - gia Lee?



C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1)           Am (x02210@1)      F (133211@1) C/GIda (3x555x@1)said she couldn't keep Georgia from dropping out of school,
         F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)        G7sus4 (3x301x@1) G7"I (320001@1)was doing the best that I could,
         C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)      Am (x02210@1)      F (133211@1)  C/GOh, (3x555x@1)but she just kept running a - way from this world,
         F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)          G7sus4 (3x301x@1) 
These children are so hard to raise good!"

G7 (320001@1)              C (x32010@1)     C (x32010@1)(C/B) F (133211@1)        
Why wasn't God watching?
      G7 (320001@1)        C (x32010@1)     C (x32010@1)(C/B) F (133211@1)        
Why wasn't God listening?      
      G7 (320001@1)        C (x32010@1)   G7sus4 (3x301x@1)G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1)   C/D (x5555x@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C        
Why wasn't God there for Geor - gia Lee?

G7sus4 (3x301x@1)G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1) Em/B (012000@1) F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)    G7sus4 (3x301x@1)G7 (320001@1)C (x32010@1)Em/B (012000@1)name="chord_133211@1">F
 Close your eyes, and count to ten, and I---  will go and hide,
    G7sus4 (3x301x@1)G7 (320001@1)Cmaj7 (x32000@1)       A7 (x02020@1)      Dm7          G7But (320001@1)then,         be sure to find me, I want you to find me,
            C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1) G7sus4And (3x301x@1)we'll play all over, we'll play all over, we'll play all over a - gain!

G7 (320001@1)    C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1)  C (x32010@1)                  Am (x02210@1)     F (133211@1)C/GThere's (3x555x@1)a toad in the witch grass, there's a crow in the corn,
       F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)        G7sus4 (3x301x@1) G7Wild (320001@1)flowers on a cross by the road,
         C (x32010@1)  F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)     Am (x02210@1)       F (133211@1)C/GAnd (3x555x@1)somewhere a baby is crying for her mom, 
         F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)         G7sus4 (3x301x@1)
As the hills turn from green back to gold!

G7 (320001@1)               C (x32010@1)    C (x32010@1)(C/B) F (133211@1)        
Why wasn't God watching?
      G7 (320001@1)        C (x32010@1)     C (x32010@1)(C/B) F (133211@1)        
Why wasn't God listening?      
      G7 (320001@1)        C (x32010@1)   G7sus4 (3x301x@1)G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1)         
Why wasn't God there for Geor - gia Lee?

G7 (320001@1)         C (x32010@1)     C (x32010@1)(C/B) F (133211@1)       
Why wasn't God watching?
      G7 (320001@1)        C (x32010@1)     C (x32010@1)(C/B) F (133211@1)        
Why wasn't God listening?      
      G7 (320001@1)        C (x32010@1)G7sus4 (3x301x@1)       G7 (320001@1)C (x32010@1)    
Why wasn't God there for--- Geor - gia Lee?

F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)      G7sus4 (3x301x@1)G7 (320001@1)  C| (x32010@1) /  /  / |  /  /  / |  /  /   / |  /  ||

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C (x32010@1)    =  x32010
G7sus4 =  330011
G7 (320001@1)   =  320001  
F (133211@1)    =  133211   
Am (x02210@1)   =  x02210
C/G    =  332010
(C/B)  =  x2xxxx
C/D    =  xx0010
Em/B   =  x22000
Cmaj7  =  x32000
A7 (x02020@1)   =  x02020
Dm7    =  xx0211