Chords for Vestal Goodman God sweet Mercy

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_ _ [G] Adam walked with God and knew the [C] greatest joy [G] of [Am] all.
[D] But [G] when he sinned, he broke God's heart, [C] and he knew that he would [D] fall.
_ [Bm] For God had [Em] warned him long ago, [Bm] so clear the word [Em] had been.
[Am] His judgment now [G] was sure to come, [C] with death [Em] he had paid [D] for sin.
_ _ [Db] But _ _ [Ab] God in love [Cm] sent down his [Ab] Son [Db] to die upon a [Cm] cross.
_ _ [Ab] Jesus walked [Cm] up [Ab] Calvary's hill [Db] and rescued us from [Eb] loss.
It [Cm] was not something [Fm] we deserved, [Cm] no way that we [Fm] could buy.
[Cm] The [Bbm] forgiveness of [Cm] a holy [Ab] God, [Db] but the Father heard [Eb] our cry [Bb] and _ [Eb] _ _
gave [Ab] us mercy. _ _
God [Eb] gave us _ [Fm] mercy [Eb] _ _
when [Bbm] just in time [Cm] he sent his Son [Db] to suffer and [Bb] to die.
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His precious _ [Fm] _ [Eb] mercy. _
_ [Bbm] And now the chains [Cm] of sin and death [Db] are broken.
And [Eb] _
by _ _ _ [Fm] mercy, _ _ God's [Ebm] sweet _ [Db] mercy.
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_ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ [A] Just like someone who kneels before [D] a king [A] upon his throne.
_ _ So I knelt [Dbm] before [A] the Lord, [D] _
confessing all [E] my wrongs.
_ I [Dbm] knew my sin [Gbm] condemned the soul, [Dbm] and no worse could _ [Gbm] justify.
_ [Bm] So it's not for justice [Dbm] that [A] I pray, [D] but for mercy.
There [B] I cried, and he [A] gave me _ mercy.
_ _ God [E] gave me _ mercy.
_ _ [Gbm] _ [Bm] When just in time [Dbm] he sent [A] his Son [D] to suffer and [B] _ _ _ [A] to die.
_ _ God gave [Gb] me [Gbm] mercy.
_ [E] _ _ [Gbm] _ [Bm] And now the chains [Dbm] of [A] sin and death [D] are broken.
_ [E] _ [B] God gave [Bb] us _ mercy.
_ God's sweet [F] mercy.
[Gm] _ _ _ _ And he [Cm] said, _
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