{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1800620,"song":"Mercys War","artist":"Jon Foreman","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11396522-mercys-war-chords-by-jon-foreman/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1800620?type=chord","rating":4.96982,"votes":28,"content":"Capo 2\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was looking for excuses,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nAnd you offered me my soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn the name of all my weakness,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the name of Rock & Roll[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBy your sickness I am healed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAs they broke you, I am whole[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, the wonderful blood of Jesus[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI went looking for the fig leaves,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nAnd you asked me what they're for[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI was building up a wall,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd you offered me a door[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI was hoping for silver spoons,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen you handed me a sword[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, the wonderful blood of Jesus[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMaker is unmade,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLove succumbs to hate,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLife himself is slain[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nIs death the only way?[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nIs death the only way?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI went looking for religion,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nAbsolutely not a friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI went looking for ways out,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd you showed me the way in[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI went looking for a ghost,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd instead I found a man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, the wonderful blood of Jesus[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Felt like I was at the end,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G#[/ch]\r\n'Felt like giving up on life[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI talked about your mother[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd denied you once or twice[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nYeah, I plucked out your beard,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\n'Put a sword into your side[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, the wonderful blood of Jesus[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLife and love are torn,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLike a blaze of earthly swords[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou cut the final cord[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThis is mercy's war[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThis is mercy's war[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was chasing after safety,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nWhen my world went up in flames[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou sought all my defences,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWatched my ashes down the drain[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n'Thought you were a stranger,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut you called me out by name[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, the wonderful blood of Jesus[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYour wounds were gaping open,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]G#[/ch]\r\n'Couldn't recognize you at first[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd all I had to offer you [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwas an insult or a curse[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nYour blood dripped down like poison[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOn the nauseated earth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, the wonderful blood of Jesus[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThis is mercy's war[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThis is mercy's war[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThis is mercy's war[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThis is mercy's war[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThis is mercy's war[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThis is mercy's war[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThis is mercy's war[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThis is mercy's war[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThis is mercy's war[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThis is mercy's war[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, the wonderful blood of Jesus[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo 2","chords":["C","G","G#","Am","D","E7","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}