Tuning:

Scale: F Major Time Signature: 4/4 Tempo: 65 Suggested Strumming: DU,DU,DU,DU I need help getting this right this is the best I’m getting but I know it’s off a bit. Please fix where you know the previous version is very much off and incomplete. [Intro]

^F ^Dm ^F/A Ooo ^C/Bb ^F ^F/AOOo. ^C/D ^Dm7 O^Gm7oo ^Bb/C

[Verse]

^FI was just a child, ^Gm/Fwhen I felt the ^FSavior leading I was d^Gm7rawn to what I could not underst^Bband An^Fd for the cause of Christ, ^Gm/FI have spent my ^Fdays believing That^Dm what He'd ^Gm7have me be, ^Dmis who I^F am ^Csus4 ^C

As I've co^Dmme to see the w^Ceaker side ^Fof me ^DmI realize ^FHis grace is what I'll n^Bb/Ceed When s^C/Bbin demanded justice ^F/Afor my soul

[Chorus]

M^Fercy said no I^Dm'm not gonna l^Fet you ^Bbgo I'm not gonna ^F/Alet you sl^Gmip away You don't have to be afr^Csus4aid Mercy said ^Fno ^DmSin will n^Fever ever take ^Bbcontrol^F/A ^GmLife and death stood face to face ^Csus4Darkness t^Fried to steal my heart a^C/Bbway T^Emhank You J^Bbesus, M^Cercy said^F no

[Instrumental] F Dm C [Verse]

For G^Fod so loved the world, ^Bbthat He sent His s^F/Aon to save us From the^Gm cross He built a bridge to set us f^C/Bbree Oh, b^Fut deep within our hearts, t^Chere is still a ^Fwar that rages And ma^Gmkes a sacrifice so ha^Csus4rd to ^Csee

As mi^Dmdnight fell on cr^Cucifixion d^Bb/Cay The li^Dmght of hope seemed ^Bboh so far ^Csus4away ^C As evil ^C#tried to stop redemption's f^Csus4low

[Chorus]

Mercy said n^Fo I^Dm'm not gonna l^Cet you ^Bbgo I'm not gonna ^F/Alet you sl^Gmip away You don't have to be afr^Csus4aid Mercy said ^Fno ^DmSin will n^Cever ever take^Bb contro^F/Al ^GmLife and death stood face to face ^Csus4Darkness tried to steal my heart ^Bb/Caway T^Emhank You ^BbJesus, M^Cercy said n^Fo

[Bridge]

A^Emnd now when heaven l^Bbooks at me It's ^Bb/Cthrough the bl^F#ood of Je^Fsus Rem^Bb/Cinding me of ^Gmone d^Dmay long a^F#go

[Instrumental] (recording is up a half step) Gm A F C#m Gm [Chorus]

Cece Winans - Mercy said no