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Counting Mercies

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[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
When Fwe've been Cthough Fall Cthis
It Fgoes to Amprove Fhow much we Cfit
We've Fmade misCtakes, we Ffailed a Clot
But Fhere we Amare, Flook what we've Ggot
[Chorus]
Count the Ammercies, count the Fpain
Summers Crunning from my Gshame
All the Amblessings, all the Ffalls
Count the Cdays when we almost had it Gall
[Verse 2]
Nobody Csaid that Flife was Cfair
You Fdo your Ambest Fand hope like CHell
You Fgrit your Cteeth and Fbite your Ctongue
You Fhold your Amheart Fout to the Gsun
[Chorus]
And count your Ammercies, count your Fpain
Summers Crunning from my Gshame
All the Amblessings, all the Ffalls
Count the Cdays when we almost had it Gall
[Instrumental]
Am   F   C   G
Am   F   C   G
[Verse 3]
If this is Cit and Fnow it's Cdone
I'm Fmore than Amglad Ffor all I've Cwon
To Ffeel your Clove has Fbeen my Clife
I Fhope you Amknow Fthat I'll be Gfine
[Chorus]
I'm counting Ammercies, counting Fpain
Summers Crunning from my Gshame
All the Amblessings, all the Ffalls
Count the Cdays when we almost had it Gall
[Outro]
C    F  C    G/B  Am    F
Dm7  C    F  C    G/B  Am    F   G
Am    F    C    G    Am    F

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Counting Mercies

by Jann Arden

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G/B

Dm7

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

F C F C

When we've been though all this

F Am F C

It goes to prove how much we fit

F C F C

We've made mistakes, we failed a lot

F Am F G

But here we are, look what we've got

[Chorus]

Am F

Count the mercies, count the pain

C G

Summers running from my shame

Am F

All the blessings, all the falls

C G

Count the days when we almost had it all

[Verse 2]

C F C

Nobody said that life was fair

F Am F C

You do your best and hope like Hell

F C F C

You grit your teeth and bite your tongue

F Am F G

You hold your heart out to the sun

[Chorus]

Am F

And count your mercies, count your pain

C G

Summers running from my shame

Am F

All the blessings, all the falls

C G

Count the days when we almost had it all

[Instrumental]

Am F C G

[Verse 3]

C F C

If this is it and now it's done

F Am F C

I'm more than glad for all I've won

F C F C

To feel your love has been my life

F Am F G

I hope you know that I'll be fine

[Chorus]

Am F

I'm counting mercies, counting pain

C G

Summers running from my shame

Am F

All the blessings, all the falls

C G

Count the days when we almost had it all

[Outro]

C F C G/B Am F

Dm7 C F C G/B Am F G

Am F C G Am F

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