Capo: 4
Intro: G
Verse 1:
CGCGC
Once there was a holy place. Evidence of God??s embrace.
GCDC
I can almost see mercy??s face, pressed against the veil.
GCGC
Looking down with longing eyes, mercy must have realized.
GCD
Once His blood was sacrificed freedom would prevail.
CG
And as the sky grew dark, and the earth began to shake.
BmAmCD
With justice no longer in the way!
Chorus:
GD
Mercy Came a runnin' like a pris??ner set free.
EmCD
Past all my failures, to the point of my need.
CGD
When the sin that I carried, was all I could see.
C
And when I could not reach mercy,
AmDGD
Mercy came a runnin?? to me.
CGCGC
Once there was a broken heart. Way to human from the start.
GCDC
All the years left it torn apart, hopeless and afraid.
GCGC
Walls I never meant to build, left this pris??ner unfulfilled
GCD
Freedom called but even still, it seemed so far away.
CG
I was bound by the chains, from the wages of my sin!
BmAmCD
Just when I felt like givin?? in!
Chorus:
GD
Mercy Came a runnin' like a pris??ner set free.
EmCD
Past all my failures, to the point of my need.
CGD
When the sin that I carried, was all I could see.
C
And when I could not reach mercy,
AmDG
Mercy came a runnin?? to me.
Bridge:
BbG
Sometimes I still feel so far!
Bb
So far from where I really should be.
D
He gently calls to my heart! Just to remind me!
Chord Change:
Chorus:
AE
Mercy came a runnin??, like a pris??ner set free.
F#mE
Past all my failures, to the point of my need.
AE
When the sin that I carried, was all I could see.
F#mEA
And when I could not reach mercy, mercy came a runnin?? to me.
AE
Mercy came a runnin??, like a pris??ner set free.
F#mE
I Past all my failures, to the point of my need.
AE
When the sin that I carried, was all I could see.
F#mEA
And when I could not reach mercy, mercy came a runnin?? to me.
Chorus Fade:
AE
Mercy came a runnin??, like a pris??ner set free.
F#mE
Past all my failures, to the point of my need.
AE
When the sin that I carried, was all I could see.
F#m
And when I could not reach mercy