Phillips Craig And Dean - Mercy Came Running

artist : phillips , craig and dean
song : mercy came running
capo : 4
intro : G

verse 1 :

C G C G C
once there was a holy place . evidence of gods embrace .
G C D C
i can almost see mercys 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 prisner 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 prisner 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 prisner 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 :

A# G
sometimes i still feel so far!
A#
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 prisner 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 prisner 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 prisner 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