Capo: 4 Intro: G Verse 1: C G C G C Once there was a holy place. Evidence of God?s embrace. G C D C I can almost see mercy?s face, pressed against the veil. G C G C Looking down with longing eyes, mercy must have realized. G C D Once His blood was sacrificed freedom would prevail. C G And as the sky grew dark, and the earth began to shake. Bm Am C D With justice no longer in the way! Chorus: G D Mercy Came a runnin' like a pris?ner set free. Em C D Past all my failures, to the point of my need. C G D When the sin that I carried, was all I could see. C And when I could not reach mercy, Am D G D Mercy came a runnin? to me. C G C G C Once there was a broken heart. Way to human from the start. G C D C All the years left it torn apart, hopeless and afraid. G C G C Walls I never meant to build, left this pris?ner unfulfilled G C D Freedom called but even still, it seemed so far away. C G I was bound by the chains, from the wages of my sin! Bm Am C D Just when I felt like givin? in! Chorus: G D Mercy Came a runnin' like a pris?ner set free. Em C D Past all my failures, to the point of my need. C G D When the sin that I carried, was all I could see. C And when I could not reach mercy, Am D G Mercy came a runnin? to me. Bridge: Bb G Sometimes I still feel so far! Bb So far from where I really should be. D He gently calls to my heart! Just to remind me! Chord Change: Chorus: A E Mercy came a runnin?, like a pris?ner set free. F#m E Past all my failures, to the point of my need. A E When the sin that I carried, was all I could see. F#m E A And when I could not reach mercy, mercy came a runnin? to me. A E Mercy came a runnin?, like a pris?ner set free. F#m E I Past all my failures, to the point of my need. A E When the sin that I carried, was all I could see. F#m E A And when I could not reach mercy, mercy came a runnin? to me. Chorus Fade: A E Mercy came a runnin?, like a pris?ner set free. F#m E Past all my failures, to the point of my need. A E When the sin that I carried, was all I could see. F#m And when I could not reach mercy