Phillips, Craig and Dean - Mercy Came Running Chords
Tempo:
88.1 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Eb
F
Cm
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Once
[Eb] there [Bb] was a holy place, [Eb] the evidence of God's embrace.
[Cm] And I can [Eb] almost see [Bb]
mercy's face, [Eb] pressed against the [Bb] failure.
[Eb] Yeah.
Looking [Bb] down with longing eyes, [Eb] mercy must have realized [Cm] that once his [Bb] blood was sacrificed,
[Eb] freedom would prevail.
[Bb]
[Eb] Oh, [Cm] and as the sky grew dark [Bb] and the earth began to shake, [F] with justice no [Eb] longer in the [Cm] way,
mercy came [Bb] running like a prisoner [F] set free.
I passed all [Bb] my failures [Eb] to the point of [F] my need.
And when the sin that [Bb] I carried was all I [F] could see,
[Eb] and when I could not reach mercy, [Cm] mercy came [F] running [Bb] to me.
Yeah.
[Eb]
Once there was a broken heart, [Eb]
way too human from the [Cm] start.
And all the years [Bb] left it torn apart, [Eb] a hopeless end to pray.
[Bb] Yeah.
[Eb]
The walls I [Bb] never meant to build [Eb]
left this prisoner [Bb] unfulfilled.
[Cm]
Freedom [Bb] called, but even still, [Eb] it seemed so far away.
[Bb] Yeah.
[Eb] [Cm] I was bound by the chains [Bb] from the wages of my sin.
And just when [F] I felt [Eb] like giving [Cm] in,
[C] mercy came [Bb] running like a prisoner [F] set free.
I passed all [Bb] my failures [Eb] to the point of [F] my need.
And when the sin that [Bb] I carried was all I [F] could see,
[Eb] and when I could not reach mercy, [Cm] mercy came [F] running [Bb] to me.
[Gb] And sometimes I still feel [F] so far, so far from where I really should [Gb] be.
But He gently, [Ebm] He calls to [F] my heart just to remind me
[E] that mercy came [C] running like a prisoner [G] set free.
I passed all [Em] my failures [F] to the point of [G] my need.
And when the sin that [C] I carried was all I [G] could see,
[F] and when I could not reach mercy, [D] mercy came running [C] to me.
Like a prisoner [G] set free.
I passed all [C] my failures [F] to the point of [G] my need.
And when the sin that [C] I carried was all I [G] could see,
[F] and when I could not reach [Dm] mercy, mercy came running [C] to me.
[N] Thank you, Lord.
[Eb] there [Bb] was a holy place, [Eb] the evidence of God's embrace.
[Cm] And I can [Eb] almost see [Bb]
mercy's face, [Eb] pressed against the [Bb] failure.
[Eb] Yeah.
Looking [Bb] down with longing eyes, [Eb] mercy must have realized [Cm] that once his [Bb] blood was sacrificed,
[Eb] freedom would prevail.
[Bb]
[Eb] Oh, [Cm] and as the sky grew dark [Bb] and the earth began to shake, [F] with justice no [Eb] longer in the [Cm] way,
mercy came [Bb] running like a prisoner [F] set free.
I passed all [Bb] my failures [Eb] to the point of [F] my need.
And when the sin that [Bb] I carried was all I [F] could see,
[Eb] and when I could not reach mercy, [Cm] mercy came [F] running [Bb] to me.
Yeah.
[Eb]
Once there was a broken heart, [Eb]
way too human from the [Cm] start.
And all the years [Bb] left it torn apart, [Eb] a hopeless end to pray.
[Bb] Yeah.
[Eb]
The walls I [Bb] never meant to build [Eb]
left this prisoner [Bb] unfulfilled.
[Cm]
Freedom [Bb] called, but even still, [Eb] it seemed so far away.
[Bb] Yeah.
[Eb] [Cm] I was bound by the chains [Bb] from the wages of my sin.
And just when [F] I felt [Eb] like giving [Cm] in,
[C] mercy came [Bb] running like a prisoner [F] set free.
I passed all [Bb] my failures [Eb] to the point of [F] my need.
And when the sin that [Bb] I carried was all I [F] could see,
[Eb] and when I could not reach mercy, [Cm] mercy came [F] running [Bb] to me.
[Gb] And sometimes I still feel [F] so far, so far from where I really should [Gb] be.
But He gently, [Ebm] He calls to [F] my heart just to remind me
[E] that mercy came [C] running like a prisoner [G] set free.
I passed all [Em] my failures [F] to the point of [G] my need.
And when the sin that [C] I carried was all I [G] could see,
[F] and when I could not reach mercy, [D] mercy came running [C] to me.
Like a prisoner [G] set free.
I passed all [C] my failures [F] to the point of [G] my need.
And when the sin that [C] I carried was all I [G] could see,
[F] and when I could not reach [Dm] mercy, mercy came running [C] to me.
[N] Thank you, Lord.
Key:
Bb
Eb
F
Cm
C
Bb
Eb
F
_ _ Once _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ there [Bb] was a holy place, [Eb] _ the evidence of God's embrace.
[Cm] _ And I can [Eb] almost see [Bb]
mercy's face, [Eb] pressed against the [Bb] failure.
[Eb] Yeah.
_ _ _ Looking [Bb] down with longing eyes, [Eb] _ _ mercy must have realized _ [Cm] that once his [Bb] blood was _ sacrificed,
[Eb] freedom would prevail.
[Bb] _ _
[Eb] Oh, [Cm] and as the sky grew dark [Bb] and the earth began to shake, [F] with justice no [Eb] longer in the [Cm] way,
_ _ mercy came [Bb] running like a prisoner [F] set free.
I passed all [Bb] my failures [Eb] to the point of [F] my need.
And when the sin that [Bb] I carried was all I [F] could _ see,
[Eb] and when I could not reach mercy, [Cm] mercy came [F] running [Bb] to _ me.
Yeah.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _
Once there was a broken heart, [Eb] _ _
way too human from the [Cm] start.
And all the years [Bb] left it torn apart, [Eb] a hopeless end to pray.
[Bb] Yeah.
_ [Eb] _ _ _
The walls I [Bb] never meant to build [Eb] _ _
left this prisoner [Bb] unfulfilled.
_ [Cm] _ _
Freedom [Bb] called, but even still, [Eb] it seemed so far away.
[Bb] Yeah.
[Eb] _ [Cm] I was bound by the chains [Bb] from the wages of my sin.
And just when [F] I felt [Eb] like giving [Cm] in, _ _
[C] mercy came [Bb] running like a prisoner [F] set free.
I passed all [Bb] my failures [Eb] to the point of [F] my need.
And when the sin that [Bb] I carried was all I [F] could see,
_ [Eb] and when I could not reach mercy, [Cm] mercy came [F] running [Bb] to _ me.
[Gb] And sometimes I still feel [F] so far, so far from where I really should [Gb] be.
But He gently, [Ebm] He calls to [F] my heart just to remind me
[E] that mercy came [C] running like a prisoner [G] set free.
I passed all [Em] my failures [F] to the point of [G] my need.
And when the sin that [C] I carried was all I [G] could see,
[F] and when I could not reach mercy, [D] mercy came running [C] to me.
Like a prisoner [G] set free.
I passed all [C] my failures [F] to the point of [G] my need.
And when the sin that [C] I carried was all I [G] could see,
_ [F] and when I could not reach [Dm] mercy, mercy came running [C] to me. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ Thank you, Lord. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ there [Bb] was a holy place, [Eb] _ the evidence of God's embrace.
[Cm] _ And I can [Eb] almost see [Bb]
mercy's face, [Eb] pressed against the [Bb] failure.
[Eb] Yeah.
_ _ _ Looking [Bb] down with longing eyes, [Eb] _ _ mercy must have realized _ [Cm] that once his [Bb] blood was _ sacrificed,
[Eb] freedom would prevail.
[Bb] _ _
[Eb] Oh, [Cm] and as the sky grew dark [Bb] and the earth began to shake, [F] with justice no [Eb] longer in the [Cm] way,
_ _ mercy came [Bb] running like a prisoner [F] set free.
I passed all [Bb] my failures [Eb] to the point of [F] my need.
And when the sin that [Bb] I carried was all I [F] could _ see,
[Eb] and when I could not reach mercy, [Cm] mercy came [F] running [Bb] to _ me.
Yeah.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _
Once there was a broken heart, [Eb] _ _
way too human from the [Cm] start.
And all the years [Bb] left it torn apart, [Eb] a hopeless end to pray.
[Bb] Yeah.
_ [Eb] _ _ _
The walls I [Bb] never meant to build [Eb] _ _
left this prisoner [Bb] unfulfilled.
_ [Cm] _ _
Freedom [Bb] called, but even still, [Eb] it seemed so far away.
[Bb] Yeah.
[Eb] _ [Cm] I was bound by the chains [Bb] from the wages of my sin.
And just when [F] I felt [Eb] like giving [Cm] in, _ _
[C] mercy came [Bb] running like a prisoner [F] set free.
I passed all [Bb] my failures [Eb] to the point of [F] my need.
And when the sin that [Bb] I carried was all I [F] could see,
_ [Eb] and when I could not reach mercy, [Cm] mercy came [F] running [Bb] to _ me.
[Gb] And sometimes I still feel [F] so far, so far from where I really should [Gb] be.
But He gently, [Ebm] He calls to [F] my heart just to remind me
[E] that mercy came [C] running like a prisoner [G] set free.
I passed all [Em] my failures [F] to the point of [G] my need.
And when the sin that [C] I carried was all I [G] could see,
[F] and when I could not reach mercy, [D] mercy came running [C] to me.
Like a prisoner [G] set free.
I passed all [C] my failures [F] to the point of [G] my need.
And when the sin that [C] I carried was all I [G] could see,
_ [F] and when I could not reach [Dm] mercy, mercy came running [C] to me. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ Thank you, Lord. _ _