Mercy Came Running by Phillips, Craig & Dean
Key: AA | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

Intro: A

Verse 1:


D                  A         D            A            D
 Once there was a holy place. Evidence of God’s embrace.
                   A          D                       E D
I can almost see mercy’s face, pressed against the veil.
                    A           D               A      D
Looking down with longing eyes, mercy must have realized.
                   A          D                    E
Once His blood was sacrificed freedom would prevail.         
            D                       A
And as the sky grew dark, and the earth began to shake.
       C#m        Bm    D       E
With justice no longer in the way!

Chorus:
             A                            E
Mercy Came a running like a prisoner set free.
              F#m              D           E
Past all my failures, to the point of my need.
         D            A                      E
When the sin that I carried, was all I could see.
           D
And when I could not reach mercy,
Bm           E          A  E
Mercy came a runnin’ to me.

Verse 2
D                 A            D              A             D
 Once there was a broken heart. Way to human from the start.
                      A          D                  E D
All the years left it torn apart, hopeless and afraid.
              A             D                   A           D
Walls I never meant to build, left this prisoner unfulfilled
                   A             D                 E
Freedom called but even still, it seemed so far away.
      D                          A
I was bound by the chains, from the wages of my sin!
C#m          Bm            D    E
Just when I felt like givin’ in!

Chorus:

             A                            E
Mercy Came a running like a prisoner set free.
              F#m              D           E
Past all my failures, to the point of my need.
         D            A                      E
When the sin that I carried, was all I could see.
           D
And when I could not reach mercy,
Bm           E          A  
Mercy came a runnin’ to me.


Bridge:

C                          A
  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! 

Chord Change:

Chorus:
               B                           F#        
Mercy came a running, like a prisoner set free. 
              G#m                         F#
Past all my failures, to the point of my need.
                       B                      F#
When the sin that I carried, was all I could see.
            G#m                     F#                     B
And when I could not reach mercy, mercy came a runnin’ to me.

               B                           F#        
Mercy came a running, like a prisoner set free. 
              G#m                         F#
I Past all my failures, to the point of my need.
                       B                      F#
When the sin that I carried, was all I could see.
            G#m                     F#                     B
And when I could not reach mercy, mercy came a runnin’ to me.

Chorus Fade:
               B                           F#        
Mercy came a running, like a prisoner set free. 
              G#m                         F#
Past all my failures, to the point of my need.
                       B                      F#
When the sin that I carried, was all I could see.
            G#m                     
And when I could not reach mercy