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