Mercy

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