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