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Eliza Gilkyson - Hard Times In Babylon
## NOTE:  F~ ~ ~  G= Walk-down from  Fto  G##
CAPO: 4th Fret
INTRO:   C  
I light a candle in your name
FLong past midnight, memories bright in the Cfreeze frame
          F~   ~ ~    G  
And I'm asking myself why
I see you at the CMarriott
FFunny little grin, driving those drums like a cChariot
           F~   ~    ~  G  
Did it hurt too much to try?
CHORUS:
Woody, you were my Fhero
A shoulder to cry on when I bottomed out at Cze__Fro
And in the hour of the Cwolf, just before the Gdawn
Hard tFimes in BabyClon
O.K. so you had to go
Take a Fwalk on the wild side, down to the valley of the Cshadow
           F~     ~    ~    G  
But it just don't seem like you
Woody, you could have Ccalled out
There's not a Fman or woman gathered here tonight in the Cbig house
                F~  ~    ~   G  
Who wouldn't run to pull you through
CHORUS:
An incident so Fgrievous
Twenty years ago, who thought this was the way that you will Cleave Fus
In the hour of the Cwolf, just before the Gdawn
Hard tFimes in BabyClon
BRIDGE:
FGot to hang together when the air's this thin
Hand out the masks for the oxygen
AmLive for GsomethingF  
We're coming upon a time in our lives
When the little dream lives but the big dream diesAm  
Not for GnothingF  
AmNot for GnothingF  
INSTRUMENTAL:      C     F     C   F~  ~  ~   G  
CHORUS:
I know that Flove don't end
Nothing I can do is gonna bring you back or let me Csee you aFgain
And in the hour of the Cwolf, just before the Gdawn
Hard tFimes in BabyClonF  
In the hour of the Cwolf, just before the Gdawn
Hard tFimes in BabyClon

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The story behind the song

"Hard Times In Babylon" finds Eliza Gilkyson wrestling with the absence of a beloved figure, someone she calls "Woody," her hero. It's a lament for what's lost, a feeling that nothing she can do will ever bring that person back or allow her to see them again. The song, which appears on her album Hard Times in Babylon, carries the weight of deep personal grief and the struggle to accept an unchangeable reality. It plays like a heartfelt elegy, capturing the ache of irreplaceable loss.

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Hard Times In Babylon

by Eliza Gilkyson

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

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Eliza Gilkyson - Hard Times In Babylon

F G F G

## NOTE: ~ ~ ~ = Walk-down from to ##

CAPO: 4th Fret

INTRO:

I light a candle in your name

F C

Long past midnight, memories bright in the freeze frame

F G

~ ~ ~

And I'm asking myself why

I see you at the Marriott

F C

Funny little grin, driving those drums like a chariot

F G

~ ~ ~

Did it hurt too much to try?

CHORUS:

Woody, you were my hero

C F

A shoulder to cry on when I bottomed out at ze__ro

C G

And in the hour of the wolf, just before the dawn

F C

Hard times in Babylon

O.K. so you had to go

F C

Take a walk on the wild side, down to the valley of the shadow

F G

~ ~ ~

But it just don't seem like you

Woody, you could have called out

F C

There's not a man or woman gathered here tonight in the big house

F G

~ ~ ~

Who wouldn't run to pull you through

CHORUS:

An incident so grievous

C F

Twenty years ago, who thought this was the way that you will leave us

C G

In the hour of the wolf, just before the dawn

F C

Hard times in Babylon

BRIDGE:

Got to hang together when the air's this thin

Hand out the masks for the oxygen

Am G F

Live for something

We're coming upon a time in our lives

When the little dream lives but the big dream dies

G F

Not for nothing

Am G F

Not for nothing

C F C F G

INSTRUMENTAL: ~ ~ ~

CHORUS:

I know that love don't end

C F

Nothing I can do is gonna bring you back or let me see you again

C G

And in the hour of the wolf, just before the dawn

F C F

Hard times in Babylon

C G

In the hour of the wolf, just before the dawn

F C

Hard times in Babylon

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