Father, Mercy

Antiphon:
Bm                     G         A

Father, mercy Father, hear me. 
Em                     F#            Bm     F#7

Why have you gone from me?
Bm                           G            Am

Broken, humbled, waiting, hopeful,
Em            F#       Bm

Father, return to me.

                         I
Bm                    Em        A

Wash me, my Lord, forgive me my sin;
                Bm                    G            F#

In Your goodness have mercy on me.
      Bm                Em       A

For I have done evil before you, I know,
           G                         Em          F#

Have sinned from the day I was born.

                        II
Bm                     Em          A

Teach me you wisdom, cleanse my heart
       Bm             G                F#

And I shall be whiter than snow.
Bm                Em               A

Sing to me songs full of gladness and joy,
               G                        Em                F#

And the bones you have broken shall rise.