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verse 1
E B
Mercy is a song, singing to my heart
C#m A
Telling me it's ok, come just as you are
E B
I never heard a melody, like the one they're singing over me
C#m A
And I just wanna sing along, 'cause mercy is a song
verse 2
E B
Freedom is a choir, swaying back and forth
C#m A
Shining in the shadow of a stain glassed Sunday morning
E B
Shouting hallelujah, yesterday is gone
A E
Oh freedom is a choir and mercy is a song
C#m A E C#m A
Singing ohhhhh, there is a life for every soul
E C#m A
No matter where you've been just come on home
E B
Let all God's children sing along
A
Hallelujah chains are gone
E
Mercy is a song
verse 3
E B
Guilty is a lie, spoken by a fear
C#m A
Saying after what you've done, you don't deserve to be free
E B
But I can look him in the eye, and say this time you're wrong
A E
'Cause guilty is a lie, oh but mercy is a song
C#m A E C#m A
Singing ohhhhh, there is a life for every soul
E C#m A
No matter where you've been just come on home
E B
Let all God's children sing along
A
Hallelujah chains are gone
C#m B
Mercy is a song
Post-Chorus
A
A song of the redeemed
I want to set free
F#m
A glimpse of what waits for you and me
Bridge
E B
Heaven is a mansion, a promise in the sky
C#m A
That one day we will be singing with those angels up on high
E B
That old familiar melody, like we've known it all along
A E
Oh heaven is a mansion and mercy is a song
A E
Heaven is a mansion and mercy is a song
E
Oh tell me, can you hear it?
C#m A E C#m A
Singing ohhhhh, there is a life for every soul
E C#m A
No matter where you've been just come on home
E B
Let all God's children sing along
A
Hallelujah chains are gone
E
Mercy is a song
Written by Jordan Feliz/AJ Pruis/Matthew West