Mercy Chords

First Verse 

A     E/G#    Em/G   F#

  I’m living proof

            Bm        A/C#  D  E

Of what the mercy of God can do

       A                     E/G#

If you knew me then, you’d believe me now

Em/G                        F#

  He turned my whole life upside down

         Bm         A/C#    D

Took the old and He made it new

       E             Bm        A/C#    D

That's just what the mercy of God can do

 



Chorus  

          D               A

Now I'm alive to tell the story

    E          F#m

How I've overcome

       D              A

By His goodness and mercy

        E          E

And the power of the blood

             D             A

And I'm so glad that my freedom

       E        Fm         F#m

Wasn't based on what I've done

        D              A

But His goodness and mercy

        E          A G#m Em/G F# Bm A/C# D

And the power of the blood

 



Second Verse 

A            E/G#  Em/G  F#

  I thought I deserved

      Bm          A/C#    D     E

To be six feet beneath the earth

            A                        E/G#

For all the things I've done and the things I've said

    Em/G              F#

The choices made that I regret

Bm            A/C#      D  E

  Oh, I would still be lost

Bm                 A/C#     D  E

  Oh, but for the mercy of God

 



Chorus  

          D               A

Now I'm alive to tell the story

    E          F#m

How I've overcome

       D              A

By His goodness and mercy

        E          E

And the power of the blood

             D             A

And I'm so glad that my freedom

       E        Fm         F#m

Wasn't based on what I've done

        D              A

But His goodness and mercy

        E          A  A

And the power of the blood

 



Interlude 

A A

A A

 



Bridge  

            A

And was the Cross meant for me

        A

That my Savior carried?

    A

Oh, I've been made free

       A

By the mercy of God

        A

Was the grave meant for me

         A

Where my sin lay buried?

    A

Now I stand redeemed

        A

By the mercy of God

 



Bridge  

        A

Was the Cross meant for me

        D      A

That my Savior carried?

    F#m            E

Now I've been made free

       D         A

By the mercy of God

        A

Was the grave meant for me

         D       A

Where my sin lay buried?

    F#m        E

Now I stand redeemed

       D         A

By the mercy of God

 

 

        A

Was the Cross meant for me

        D      A  E/G#

That my Savior carried?

    F#m            E

Now I've been made free

       D         A

By the mercy of God

        A

Was the grave meant for me

         D       A

Where my sin lay buried?

    F#m        E/G#

Now I stand redeemed

       D         A

By the mercy of God

 



Chorus 

          D               A

Now I'm alive to tell the story

    E          F#m

How I've overcome

       D              A

By His goodness and mercy

        E          E

And the power of the blood

             D             A

And I'm so glad that my freedom

       E        Fm         F#m

Wasn't based on what I've done

        D              A

But His goodness and mercy

        E          F#m

And the power of the blood

 



Ending 

        D              A

It's His goodness and mercy

        E          F#m

And the power of the blood

        D              A

It's His goodness and mercy

        E          A

And the power of the blood