Chords for Mercy Came Running

[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _
[Bb] Once there [F] was a [C] holy _ [Bb] place,
[F] _ [Bb] Evidence of God's embrace,
[Gm] _
I can almost [F] see mercy's [Bb] face,
Rest against the veil.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
Looking [F] down with loving _ [Bb] eyes,
[F] [Bb] Mercy must have _ realized,
[Gm] _ _
Once his [F] blood was sacrificed,
_ [Bb] Freedom would prevail.
_ _ _ [F] [Gm] As the sky grew dark,
[F] And the earth began to shake,
With [C] justice no [F] [Bb] longer in the way,
[Gm] _ _
[C] Mercy [F] came running,
Like a prisoner [C] set free,
[Am] Past all [Gm] my failures,
[F] To the point of [Bb] my [C] need,
When the sin that [F] I carried,
Was all I could [C] [Dm] see.
[C] _ [Bb] When I could not reach mercy,
[Gm] [F] Mercy [Bb] came [C] running [F] to me.
_ [Dm] _ _
[Bb] Once there [F] was a [C] broken _ [Bb] heart, _
[F] [Bb] Way too human from the _ [Gm] start,
All the years left [F] it torn apart,
[Bb] Hopeless and afraid.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
Walls I'd [F] never meant to [Bb] build, _
[F] [Bb] Left this [F] prisoner _ [Bb] _ [Gm] unfulfilled, _
Freedom [F] called, but even still,
[Bb] It seemed so far away.
_ _ [Am] [G] I was bound by [Gm] the chains,
[F] From the wages of [A] my [F] sin,
Just when I felt [Bb] like giving _ _ [G] _
[C] in,
Mercy [F] came running,
Like a prisoner [E] set [C] free,
Past all [Gm] my failures,
[Am] To the point [Bb] of my [C] need,
When the sin that [F] I carried,
Was all I [C] could [C] see.
[Bb] When I could not reach mercy,
[G] [A] Mercy [Bb] came [C] running [F] to me.
_ _ [Db] _
Sometimes I [Eb] still [Db] feel [Ab] so far,
[Cm] From [Ab] where I should be,
[Db] But He [Bbm] gently [Eb] calls [Bbm] to [C] my [F] heart,
Just [C] to remind me,
That [G] mercy came running,
Like a prisoner [Gb] set [D] free,
Past all [Am] my failures,
[Bm] To the point [D] of my need,
When the sin that [G] I carried,
Was all I [Gb] could see.
[D] _ When I [C] could not reach mercy,
[Am] [G] Mercy [C] came [D] running [G] to _ me.
[Gb] _ [D] _ Past all [Am] my failures,
[G] To the point [C] of my [D] need,
When the sin that [G] I carried,
Was all I [Gbm] could see.
_ [D] _ [C] When I could not reach mercy,
[Am] [B] Mercy [C] came [D] running [G] to me.
[C] When I could not reach mercy,
[Am] [C] Mercy came [D] running [C] to [G] me. _ _ _
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