Solas – Georgia Lee chords

[Intro]
Am  F  Am  G   Dm  Am  G
C  Gm  C  Bb  C  Bb  C  G

[Verse]
         C   G      Em           GCold was the night, hard was the ground
     C              G              DThey found her in a small grove of trees
G            C   G           Em          GLonesome was the place where Georgia was found
          C           G          DShe's too young to be out on the street

[Chorus]
    G          CWhy wasn't god watching?
    D          GWhy wasn't god listening?
    C          G         D       GWhy wasn't god there for Georgia Lee?

[Verse]
             C    G            Em              GIda couldn't keep Georgia from dropping out of school
      C         G           DI was doing the best that I could
G        C    G        Em            GShe just kept running away from this world
      C               G             DThese children are so hard to raise good

[Chorus]
    G          CWhy wasn't god watching?
    D          GWhy wasn't god listening?
    C          G         D       GWhy wasn't god there for Georgia Lee?

[Bridge]
D          G        C        GClose your eyes and count to ten
D      G      C         DI will go and hide, but then
G          CBe sure to find me
                   DI want you to find me
          G        CAnd we'll play all over
      G        CWe'll play all over
      G        C     GWe'll play all over again

[Verse]
                  C   G                      Em          GThere's a toad in the witch-grass, there's a crow in the corn
     C            G            DWild flowers on a cross by the road
    G         C G       Em             GAnd somewhere a baby is crying for her mom
       C               G             DAs the hills turn from green back to gold

[Chorus]
    G          CWhy wasn't god watching?
    D          GWhy wasn't god listening?
    C          G         D       GWhy wasn't god there for Georgia Lee?

[Chorus]
               CWhy wasn't god watching?
    D          GWhy wasn't god listening?
    C          G         D       GWhy wasn't god there for Georgia Lee?