Biography:
Eliza Gilkyson (born in Los Angeles, California, in 1950) is an American folk musician based in Austin, Texas. She has been recording and performing her unique blend of folk, country, and other genres since the late 1970s. She is the daughter of the late Terry Gilkyson, an accomplished songwriter noted for music he composed for Disney. She is the sister of Tony Gilkyson, who played with the Los Angeles-based bands Lone Justice and X. She has collaborated with both during the course of her career.
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- Buffalo Gals
- Calling All Angels
- Calm Before The Storm
- Children In The Wilderness
- Chimes Of Freedom
- Clever Disguise
- Coast
- Colorado Trail
- Dark Side Of Town
- Death In Arkansas
- Dream Lover
- Easy Rider
- Eliza Jane
- Emerald Street
- Emmanuel
- Fall Into The Night
- Foolish Heart
- Greenfields
- Hard Times In Babylon
- He Waits For Me
- Heart Of A Man
- Hell Miss This Train
- Her Melancholy Muse
- Highway
- I Become The Moon
- In My Dreams
- In The Name Of The Lord
- Inspiration
- Is It Like Today
- Jedidiah 1977
- Land Of Skin And Sorrow
- Lights Of Santa Fe
- Looking For A Place
- Love Will Come True
- Man Of God
- Midnight Oil
- Midnight On Raton
- Milk And Honey
- Not Lonely
- Not My Home
- Paradise Hotel
- Peace Call
- Pilgrims
- Pools Of Eden
- Prayer 2000
- Rare Bird
- Requiem Live
- River Of Gold
- Riverside
- Road Not Taken
- Rose Of Sharon
- Roses At The End Of Time
- Rosie Strike Back
- Runnin Away
- Sanctuary
- Sleeping
- Solitary Singer
- Song Of The Rainbow Warrior Parts 1 And 2
- Take Off Your Old Coat
- Tangible Things
- Tender Mercies
- The Ark
- The Great Correction
- The Partys Over
- Think About You
- Through The Looking Glass
- Touchstone
- Unless You Want Me
- Vayan Al Norte
- Walk Away From Love
- Welcome Back
- When You Walk On
- Where No Monument Stands
- Wildewood Spring
- Wonderland
- World Without End
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Eliza Gilkyson - Tender Mercies
INTRO: C
Am G F C
Across the world she tapes explosives to her chest
G F C
Steps into a shopping mall
Am G F
A life devoid of all of mercy's tenderness
C G C F C F
Really isn't any life at all
CHORUS:
C F Am
Tender mercies, tender mercies
G F
Come before despair
C F Am
Shine down all your tender mercies
G C
It's every mother's prayer
Am G F
Down below the factory, along the riverside
C G F
Children swimming in a poison pool
C Am G F
Playful afternoon of unintended suicide
C G C F C F
Gone before they ever really knew
CHORUS:
C F Am
Tender mercies, tender mercies
G F
Come before despair
C F Am
Shine down all your tender mercies
G C
It's every mother's prayer
INSTRUMENTAL: C F Dm C G F C
Am G F
Across the world she holds her loved ones to her chest
C G F
Lays them down and listens at the door
C Am G F
Everybody safe and warm among the truly blessed
C G C F
How can we even dare to ask for more
CHORUS:
C F Am
Tender mercies, tender mercies
G F
Come before despair
C F Am
Shine down all your tender mercies
G F
It's every mother's prayer
C F Am
Shine down all your tender mercies
G C
It's every mother's prayer
OUTRO: C F Dm C G F C (3x)
INTRO: C
Am G F C
Across the world she tapes explosives to her chest
G F C
Steps into a shopping mall
Am G F
A life devoid of all of mercy's tenderness
C G C F C F
Really isn't any life at all
CHORUS:
C F Am
Tender mercies, tender mercies
G F
Come before despair
C F Am
Shine down all your tender mercies
G C
It's every mother's prayer
Am G F
Down below the factory, along the riverside
C G F
Children swimming in a poison pool
C Am G F
Playful afternoon of unintended suicide
C G C F C F
Gone before they ever really knew
CHORUS:
C F Am
Tender mercies, tender mercies
G F
Come before despair
C F Am
Shine down all your tender mercies
G C
It's every mother's prayer
INSTRUMENTAL: C F Dm C G F C
Am G F
Across the world she holds her loved ones to her chest
C G F
Lays them down and listens at the door
C Am G F
Everybody safe and warm among the truly blessed
C G C F
How can we even dare to ask for more
CHORUS:
C F Am
Tender mercies, tender mercies
G F
Come before despair
C F Am
Shine down all your tender mercies
G F
It's every mother's prayer
C F Am
Shine down all your tender mercies
G C
It's every mother's prayer
OUTRO: C F Dm C G F C (3x)
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