Mercy Came Running

Once there was a (Bb)holy place,

(Eb)evidence of (Bb)God's embrace;

(Cm7)and I can almost see mercy's face (Eb)pressed against the veil.

(Eb)Looking down with (Bb)longing (Eb)eyes,

mercy must have (Bb)(Cm7)realized

that once His blood was (Bb)sacrificed it (Eb)freedom would (Bb)prevail.

(Eb)And as the (Cm7)sky grew the dark and the (Bb)earth began to shake,

with justice no (F7)longer in the (Eb)way,

mercy came arunnin' like a pris'ner (Gm7)set free,

(F)past all my (Bb)failures to the point of my (Fsus)need.

When the (Eb)sin that I (Bb)carried was all I (Gm7)could (Fsus)see,

(F)and when I (Eb)could not reach mercy,

(Cm7)mercy came arunnin' (Eb)to me.

(Eb)Once there was a (Bb)broken heart,

(Eb)way too dence man (Bb)from the start;

(Cm7)and all the years left it torn apart,

(Eb)hopeless and afraid.

(Eb)Walls I never (Bb)meant to build

(Eb)left this pris'ner (Bb)unfulfilled.

(Cm7)that Freedom called but (Bb)even still it (Eb)seemed so far (Bb)away.

(Eb)And I was (Cm7)bound by the chains from the (Bb)wages of my sin,

and just when I (F7)felt like givin' (Eb)in,

mercy came arunnin' like a pris'ner (Gm7)set free,

(F)past all my (Bb)failures to the point of my (Fsus)need.

When the (Eb)sin that I (Bb)carried was all I (Gm7)could (Fsus)see,

(F)and when I (Eb)could not reach mercy,

(Cm7)mercy came arunnin' (Eb)to me.

(Gb)(Ab)Sometimes (Gbmaj7)I (Gb)still (Ab)feel (Gbmaj7)so (Bb)far,

so far from where I really should (Gb)be.

He (Ab)(Gbmaj7)gently (Ebm7)calls (Ab)to (Bbm)my (Fsus)heart just to (F)remind me:

Mercy came arunnin' like a pris'ner (Am7)set free,

(G)past all my (C)failures to the point of my (Gsus)need.

When the (F)sin that I (C)carried was all I (Am7)could (Gsus)see,

(G)and when I (F)could not reach mercy,

(Dm7)mercy came, (F)mercy came arunnin' like a pris'ner (Am7)set free,

(G)past all my (C)failures to the point of my (Gsus)need.

When the (F)sin that I (C)carried was all I (Am7)could (Gsus)see,

(G)and when I (F)could not reach mercy,

(Dm7)mercy came, (F)mercy came arunnin' (Dm7)mercy came,

(F)mercy came arunnin'.