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