Biography:
Matthew Joseph West (born April 25, 1977 in Downers Grove, Illinois) is a Christian singer who was raised in a suburb of Chicago, IL., where he discovered music at an early age. The son of a minister, he grew up in the front pew listening to his mom harmonize and following her lead. By the time he reached high school, Matthew remained involved in music and received a scholarship to study music at Millikin University in Illinois.
It was during his first year of college, that Matthew began playing guitar and writing songs.
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Other songs:
- Strong Enough
- The Motions
- Hello, My Name Is
- A Christmas To Believe In
- A Few More Days
- A Friend In The World
- All In
- All The Broken Pieces
- Becoming Me
- Blessed Assurance My King Is Coming
- Broken Girl
- Broken Things
- Come On Christmas
- Day After Christmas
- Day One
- Do Something
- Dream Again
- Every Second
- Every Tear
- Family Tree
- Forgiveness
- Give This Christmas Away
- Good Adam Eve
- Grace Wins
- Heaven Is The Hope
- Hello My Name Is
- History
- Hold You Up
- I Cant Hear You
- Jesus And You
- Join The Angels
- Leaving Heaven
- Life Inside You
- Mended
- Mercy Is A Song
- More
- Moved By Mercy
- My Own Little World
- Next Thing You Know
- Oh Me Of Little Faith
- One Last Christmas
- One Step Away
- Only Grace
- Out Of My Hands
- Safe And Sound
- Save A Place For Me
- Something To Say
- Stop The World
- Story Of Your Life
- Survivors
- The Beautiful Things We Miss
- The Center
- The Day Before You
- The Healing Has Begun
- The Heart Of Christmas
- The Power Of A Prayer
- The Reason For The World
- To Me
- Tryin
- Two Houses
- Unchangeable
- Unto Us
- Untold
- When I Say I Do
- Wonderfully Made
- World Changers
- Wouldnt Change A Thing
- You Are Everything
- You Know Where To Find Me
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[Verse 1]
E B
Mercy is a song, singing to my heart
C#m A
Telling me it's ok, come just as you are
E B
I never heard a melody, like the one they're singing over me
C#m A
And I just wanna sing along, 'cause mercy is a song
[Verse 2]
E B
Freedom is a choir, swaying back and forth
C#m A
Shining in the shadow of a stain glassed Sunday morning
E B
Shouting hallelujah, yesterday is gone
A E
Oh freedom is a choir and mercy is a song
[Chorus]
C#m A E C#m A
Singing ohhhhh, there is a life for every soul
E C#m A
No matter where you've been just come on home
E B
Let all God's children sing along
A
Hallelujah chains are gone
E
Mercy is a song
[Verse 3]
E B
Guilty is a lie, spoken by a fear
C#m A
Saying after what you've done, you don't deserve to be free
E B
But I can look him in the eye, and say this time you're wrong
A E
'Cause guilty is a lie, oh but mercy is a song
[Chorus]
C#m A E C#m A
Singing ohhhhh, there is a life for every soul
E C#m A
No matter where you've been just come on home
E B
Let all God's children sing along
A
Hallelujah chains are gone
C#m B
Mercy is a song
[Post-Chorus]
A
A song of the redeemed
I want to set free
F#m
A glimpse of what waits for you and me
[Bridge]
E B
Heaven is a mansion, a promise in the sky
C#m A
That one day we will be singing with those angels up on high
E B
That old familiar melody, like we've known it all along
A E
Oh heaven is a mansion and mercy is a song
A E
Heaven is a mansion and mercy is a song
E
Oh tell me, can you hear it?
[Chorus]
C#m A E C#m A
Singing ohhhhh, there is a life for every soul
E C#m A
No matter where you've been just come on home
E B
Let all God's children sing along
A
Hallelujah chains are gone
E
Mercy is a song
E B
Mercy is a song, singing to my heart
C#m A
Telling me it's ok, come just as you are
E B
I never heard a melody, like the one they're singing over me
C#m A
And I just wanna sing along, 'cause mercy is a song
[Verse 2]
E B
Freedom is a choir, swaying back and forth
C#m A
Shining in the shadow of a stain glassed Sunday morning
E B
Shouting hallelujah, yesterday is gone
A E
Oh freedom is a choir and mercy is a song
[Chorus]
C#m A E C#m A
Singing ohhhhh, there is a life for every soul
E C#m A
No matter where you've been just come on home
E B
Let all God's children sing along
A
Hallelujah chains are gone
E
Mercy is a song
[Verse 3]
E B
Guilty is a lie, spoken by a fear
C#m A
Saying after what you've done, you don't deserve to be free
E B
But I can look him in the eye, and say this time you're wrong
A E
'Cause guilty is a lie, oh but mercy is a song
[Chorus]
C#m A E C#m A
Singing ohhhhh, there is a life for every soul
E C#m A
No matter where you've been just come on home
E B
Let all God's children sing along
A
Hallelujah chains are gone
C#m B
Mercy is a song
[Post-Chorus]
A
A song of the redeemed
I want to set free
F#m
A glimpse of what waits for you and me
[Bridge]
E B
Heaven is a mansion, a promise in the sky
C#m A
That one day we will be singing with those angels up on high
E B
That old familiar melody, like we've known it all along
A E
Oh heaven is a mansion and mercy is a song
A E
Heaven is a mansion and mercy is a song
E
Oh tell me, can you hear it?
[Chorus]
C#m A E C#m A
Singing ohhhhh, there is a life for every soul
E C#m A
No matter where you've been just come on home
E B
Let all God's children sing along
A
Hallelujah chains are gone
E
Mercy is a song
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