Artist: Solas
[INTRO]
[Am] [F] [Am] [G] [Dm] [Am] [G]
[C] [Gm] [C] [Bb] [C] [Bb] [C] [G]
[VERSE]
Cold was [C]the [G]night, [Em]hard was the [G]ground
They [C]found her in a [G]small grove of [D]trees
[G]Lonesome was [C]the [G]place where [Em]Georgia was [G]found
She's too [C]young to be [G]out on the [D]street
[CHORUS]
Why [G]wasn't god [C]watching?
Why [D]wasn't god [G]listening?
Why [C]wasn't god [G]there for [D]Georgia [G]Lee?
[VERSE]
Ida couldn't [C]keep [G]Georgia from [Em]dropping out of [G]school
I was [C]doing the [G]best that I [D]could
[G]She just [C]kept [G]running a[Em]way from this [G]world
These [C]children are so [G]hard to raise [D]good
[CHORUS]
Why [G]wasn't god [C]watching?
Why [D]wasn't god [G]listening?
Why [C]wasn't god [G]there for [D]Georgia [G]Lee?
[BRIDGE]
[D]Close your [G]eyes and [C]count to [G]ten
[D]I will [G]go and [C]hide, but [D]then
[G]Be sure to [C]find me
I want you to find [D]me
And we'll [G]play all [C]over
We'll [G]play all [C]over
We'll [G]play all [C]over a[G]gain
[VERSE]
There's a toad in [C]the [G]witch-grass, there's a [Em]crow in the [G]corn
Wild [C]flowers on a [G]cross by the [D]road
And [G]somewhere [C]a [G]baby is [Em]crying for her [G]mom
As the [C]hills turn from [G]green back to [D]gold
[CHORUS]
Why [G]wasn't god [C]watching?
Why [D]wasn't god [G]listening?
Why [C]wasn't god [G]there for [D]Georgia [G]Lee?
[CHORUS]
Why wasn't god [C]watching?
Why [D]wasn't god [G]listening?
Why [C]wasn't god [G]there for [D]Georgia [G]Lee?
[Am] [F] [Am] [G] [Dm] [Am] [G]
[C] [Gm] [C] [Bb] [C] [Bb] [C] [G]
[VERSE]
Cold was [C]the [G]night, [Em]hard was the [G]ground
They [C]found her in a [G]small grove of [D]trees
[G]Lonesome was [C]the [G]place where [Em]Georgia was [G]found
She's too [C]young to be [G]out on the [D]street
[CHORUS]
Why [G]wasn't god [C]watching?
Why [D]wasn't god [G]listening?
Why [C]wasn't god [G]there for [D]Georgia [G]Lee?
[VERSE]
Ida couldn't [C]keep [G]Georgia from [Em]dropping out of [G]school
I was [C]doing the [G]best that I [D]could
[G]She just [C]kept [G]running a[Em]way from this [G]world
These [C]children are so [G]hard to raise [D]good
[CHORUS]
Why [G]wasn't god [C]watching?
Why [D]wasn't god [G]listening?
Why [C]wasn't god [G]there for [D]Georgia [G]Lee?
[BRIDGE]
[D]Close your [G]eyes and [C]count to [G]ten
[D]I will [G]go and [C]hide, but [D]then
[G]Be sure to [C]find me
I want you to find [D]me
And we'll [G]play all [C]over
We'll [G]play all [C]over
We'll [G]play all [C]over a[G]gain
[VERSE]
There's a toad in [C]the [G]witch-grass, there's a [Em]crow in the [G]corn
Wild [C]flowers on a [G]cross by the [D]road
And [G]somewhere [C]a [G]baby is [Em]crying for her [G]mom
As the [C]hills turn from [G]green back to [D]gold
[CHORUS]
Why [G]wasn't god [C]watching?
Why [D]wasn't god [G]listening?
Why [C]wasn't god [G]there for [D]Georgia [G]Lee?
[CHORUS]
Why wasn't god [C]watching?
Why [D]wasn't god [G]listening?
Why [C]wasn't god [G]there for [D]Georgia [G]Lee?
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