the original key of the recorded version is in the key of Cm, which has a lot of flat
chords. For some acoustic guitar players, flat chords (Eb, Bb, Ab, etc.) may be hard. So I
am submitting this chord sheet with Capo on 1st fret. You will play easier chords but
you are still in the key of Cm.
Mercy
By: Casting Crowns
CAPO on 1st fret
Intro: | Bm Bm | G/B Em7/B | (2X)
Bm
Here I am a sinner
G/B Em/B
Broken and in need of You
Bm G/B Em/B
Take my life and wash my fears away
Bm
For You are the Great I AM
G/B Em
Rest assured, I feel Your hand
Bm G
Holding me until the darkness clears
Em G
A Father to the fatherless
A
Redeemer of my soul
Bm
My Life is Yours forever
A
I want the world to know
Chorus:
D
Your mercy saved me
A/C# |G Gmaj7 |G Gmaj7|
Mercy made me whole
D
Your mercy found me
A/C# |G Gmaj7 |G Gmaj7|
Called me as Your own
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/casting_crowns/mercy_crd_ver_4.html ]
Bm
Here I stand a child of Yours
G/B Em
Broken and in need of You
Bm G/B Em/B
Break these chains and wash my guilt away
Bm
Healer of my brokenness
G/B Em/B
My weary soul will find its rest
Bm G/B
You are my strength, the lifter of my head
Em/B G
You're greater than my yesterdays
A
You hold me close today
Bm
You're the Lord of my tomorrows
A/C#
My heart will always say
G
You're greater than my yesterdays
A
You hold me close today
Bm
You're the Lord of my tomorrows
A
My heart will always say
REPEAT CHORUS 2X
INTERLUDE
D/F# | D/G | Bm | A7
You called me as Your own
D/F#
G | Bm |
You called me as Your own
A D/B
Thank You for Your mercy
G Bm
Thank You for Your mercy
A D/B
Thank You for Your mercy
G Bm
Thank You for Your mercy
CHORUS
A D
Your mercy saved me
A/C# G
Mercy made me whole
D
Your mercy found me
A/C# G
Called me as Your own
You called me as Yo
