Title: Grace Walks By Artist: Eli Album: Second Hand Clothing Copyright 1999 Songs On the Forefront (SESAC) Tabbed by Kirk Bozeman (kirkbozeman@hotmail.com) Lyrics posted with express permission from Eli Standard tuning // Intro G C D C (2x) // Verse G D She was so beautiful C G Lightning in her hair D C She was in his sight G D But the flashing lights C G Of resentment filled his eyes D C Left him scared and blind // Pre-chorus Am Em Life is cold now Am D He wishes he could see // Chorus G D Forgiveness walks right by him Em C G But he can't see her face D Cm It's bitterness that blinds him G D Oh, she walks up to him Em C G He would look her in the eyes D Em If he still believed in grace C Still believed in grace GCDC // Verse He used to dance with her This old man in a chair Now he don't walk no more They used to dance like the wind Until a storm blew him down Left him broken on the floor // Pre-chorus Life is slow now He wishes he could reach // Chorus Forgiveness dances by him But he can't join her Cuz bitterness leads instead Oh, he reaches for him And he would take her hand If she could raise the dead Oh, she could raise the dead // Pre-Chorus Looking back now At what others have missed // Pre-Chorus I am pleading For redemption's kiss // Chorus Forgiveness walks up to me And I will join her Cuz bitterness leads to death Oh, she reaches for me And I will take her hand Together we will dance Oh, together we will dance G C D C (4x)