Verse 1:

D             A/C#   Bm          D/A 

So many years I heard it told

G                               A         

   The story of compassion

    Bm          D/A        G           A   

A prodigal son who left the fold

G                                   A      

   And found no satisfaction

Em                                    Bm              

   On my knees, Lord, I cried out to You

A               G 

   "I'm so alone

Em                                              Bm                

   But if there's room in Your house for one more

       D/A        G                  A    

I'm ready to come back home"

Chorus:

D    A                 Em           D/F# 

   I know there is a place 

             G                    D/F#      

Where arms of compassion 

Em                  A

Welcome me home

Bm        F#m    Em                  D/F# 

   Sweet mercy falls like rain 

G                               A                  D    

   I know there's a place called grace   

Verse 2:

D              A/C#      Bm        D/A  

So many days I've trusted grace

G                       A     

  Yet I have to wonder

Bm               D/A          G           A      

How many times my human strength

G                                       A     

  Has kept me from surrender

Em                                        Bm               

  The more I learn just to lean on the cross

A                     G  

  The more I see

Em                            Bm               

  When I fall, I will fall to the place

             D/A     G           A 

Where mercy reaches me   

Bridge:

G                                  Bm               

  If it seems that my courage is strong

               G    D     A  Bm 

There's just one reason

Em                                      Bm               

  He's my rock when my faith is all gone

      F#m                     G   

He holds me in His arms

A                            

Gives me strength to carry on