Artist: Phillips, Craig and Dean
Song: Mercy Came Running
Capo: 4
Intro: G

Verse 1:


C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)Once there was a holy place. Evidence of God's embrace.
                   G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)                     DC
I can almost see mercy's face, pressed against the veil.
                    G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)    CLooking (x32010@1)down with longing eyes, mercy must have realized.
                   G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)                  DOnce (xx0232@1)His blood was sacrificed freedom would prevail.         
            C (x32010@1)                     GAnd (320003@1)as the sky grew dark, and the earth began to shake.
       Bm (x24432@1)      Am (x02210@1)  C (x32010@1)     DWith (xx0232@1)justice no longer in the way!

Chorus:
             G (320003@1)                          DMercy (xx0232@1)Came a runnin' like a pris'ner set free.
              Em (022000@1)            C (x32010@1)         DPast (xx0232@1)all my failures, to the point of my need.
         C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)                    DWhen (xx0232@1)the sin that I carried, was all I could see.
           CAnd (x32010@1)when I could not reach mercy,
Am (x02210@1)         D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)DMercy (xx0232@1)came a runnin' to me.


C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)Once there was a broken heart. Way to human from the start.
                      G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)                DC
All the years left it torn apart, hopeless and afraid.
              G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)         CWalls (x32010@1)I never meant to build, left this pris'ner unfulfilled
                   G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)               DFreedom (xx0232@1)called but even still, it seemed so far away.
      C (x32010@1)                        GI (320003@1)was bound by the chains, from the wages of my sin!
Bm (x24432@1)        Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)  DJust (xx0232@1)when I felt like givin' in!

Chorus:

             G (320003@1)                          DMercy (xx0232@1)Came a runnin' like a pris'ner set free.
              Em (022000@1)            C (x32010@1)         DPast (xx0232@1)all my failures, to the point of my need.
         C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)                    DWhen (xx0232@1)the sin that I carried, was all I could see.
           CAnd (x32010@1)when I could not reach mercy,
Am (x02210@1)         D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)
Mercy came a runnin' to me.


Bridge:

Bb (x1333x@1)                        G (320003@1) Sometimes I still feel so far!    
                                  BbSo (x1333x@1)far from where I really should be.
                       DHe (xx0232@1)gently calls to my heart! Just to remind me! 

Chord Change:

Chorus:
               A (x02220@1)                         E (022100@1)      
Mercy came a runnin', like a pris'ner set free. 
              F#m (244222@1)                       EPast (022100@1)all my failures, to the point of my need.
                       A (x02220@1)                    EWhen (022100@1)the sin that I carried, was all I could see.
            F#m (244222@1)                   E (022100@1)                   AAnd (x02220@1)when I could not reach mercy, mercy came a runnin' to me.

               A (x02220@1)                         E (022100@1)      
Mercy came a runnin', like a pris'ner set free. 
              F#m (244222@1)                       EI (022100@1)Past all my failures, to the point of my need.
                       A (x02220@1)                    EWhen (022100@1)the sin that I carried, was all I could see.
            F#m (244222@1)                   E (022100@1)                   AAnd (x02220@1)when I could not reach mercy, mercy came a runnin' to me.

Chorus Fade:
               A (x02220@1)                         E (022100@1)      
Mercy came a runnin', like a pris'ner set free. 
              F#m (244222@1)                       EPast (022100@1)all my failures, to the point of my need.
                       A (x02220@1)                    EWhen (022100@1)the sin that I carried, was all I could see.
            F#m (244222@1)                   
And when I could not reach mercy