Am  F  Am  G   Dm  Am  G
C  Gm  C  Bb  C  Bb  C  G

[Verse]
         C   G      Em           G
Cold was the night, hard was the ground
     C              G              D
They found her in a small grove of trees
G            C   G           Em          G
Lonesome was the place where Georgia was found
          C           G          D
She's too young to be out on the street

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

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

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

[Bridge]
D          G        C        G
Close your eyes and count to ten
D      G      C         D
I will go and hide, but then
G          C
Be sure to find me
                   D
I want you to find me
          G        C
And we'll play all over
      G        C
We'll play all over
      G        C     G
We'll play all over again

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

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

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