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The version they play is in Eb (For key of Eb – tune guitar down ½ step)
Once there was a holy place, evidence of God’s embrace
Once there was a broken heart, way to human from the start
And I can almost see mercy’s face, pressed against the veil.
And all the years left it torn apart, hopeless and afraid.
Looking down with longing eyes, mercy must have realized
Walls I never meant to build, left this prisoner unfulfilled.
That once His blood was sacrificed, freedom would prevail.
Freedom called but even still, it seemed so far away.
And as the sky grew dark, and the earth began to shake
I was bound by the chains, from the wages of my sin,
Justice no longer in the way…
Just when I felt like giving in…


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


Bridge:
Sometimes I, still feel so far,
so far from where I really should be
He gent - ly calls to my heart, Just to remind me (to chorus)