Verse 1DADAD
Once there was a holy place. Evidence of God’s embrace.
ADED
I can almost see mercy’s face, pressed against the veil.
ADAD
Looking down with longing eyes, mercy must have realized.
ADE
Once His blood was sacrificed freedom would prevail.
DA
And as the sky grew dark, and the earth began to shake.
F#mBmDE
With justice no longer in the way!
(Chorus)
AE
Mercy came a running like a prisoner set free.
F#mDE
Past all my failures, to the point of my need.
DAE
When the sin that I carried, was all I could see.
D
And when I could not reach mercy,
BmEAE
Mercy came a runnin’ to me.
Verse 2DADAD
Once there was a broken heart. Way to human from the start.
ADED
All the years left it torn apart, hopeless and afraid.
ADAD
Walls I never meant to build, left this prisoner unfulfilled
ADE
Freedom called but even still, it seemed so far away.
DA
I was bound by the chains, from the wages of my sin!
F#mBmDE
Just when I felt like givin’ in!
(Chorus)
BridgeCA
Sometimes I still feel so far!
C
So far from where I really should be.
E
He gently calls to my heart! Just to remind me!
(*Key Change*)
(Chorus - 3x's)
BF#
Mercy came a running, like a prisoner set free.
G#mF#
Past all my failures, to the point of my need.
BF#
When the sin that I carried, was all I could see.
G#mF#B
And when I could not reach mercy, mercy came a runnin’ to me.
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