Master's Call chords by Michael Martin Murphey

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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When I  was but a young man,
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I was wild and full of fire
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A youth within my teens,
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but full of challenge and desire
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I ran away from home and left
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my mother and my dad
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I know it grieved them so to
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think their only boy went bad
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I fell in with an outlaw band,
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their names were known quite well
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How many times we robbed and plundered,
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I could never tell
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This kind of sinful living,
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leads only to a fall
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I learned that much and more the
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night I heard my Master's call

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Verse 2
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One night we rustled cattle,
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C 
a thousand head or so
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C 
And started then out on the trail
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that leads to Mexico
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G 
When a norther started blowing
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and lightning flashed about
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I thought someone was calling me,
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C 
I thought I heard a shout
Then at that moment lightning struck
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not twenty yards from me
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And left there was a giant cross
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where once there was a tree
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This time I knew I heard a voice,
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Dm 
a voice so sweet and strange
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A voice that came from everywhere,
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a voice that called my name

Verse 3
Am 
C 
So frightened I was thinking of
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the sinful deeds I'd done
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I failed to see a thousand head
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of cattle start to run
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The cattle they stampeded,
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were running all around
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My pony ran but stumbled and
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it threw me to the ground
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C 
I felt the end was near,
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C 
that death would be the price
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C 
When a mighty bolt of lightning showed
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the face of Jesus Christ
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And I cried oh Lord forgive me,
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don't let it happen now
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I want to live for you alone,
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Oh God these words I vow
My wicked past unfolded and I
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thought of wasted years
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When a might bolt of lightning killed
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a hundred head of steers
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And the others rushed on by me
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and I  was left to live
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The Master had a reason,
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life is his to take or give

Verse 4
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C 
A miracle performed that night,
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I wasn't meant to die
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The dead ones formed a barricade
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nearly six or seven high
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And right behind it there was I,
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afraid but safe and sound
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I cried in vain for mercy kneeling
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there upon the ground
A pardon I was granted,
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my sinful soul set free
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No more to fear the angry waves
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upon life's stormy seas
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Forgiven by the love of God,
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a love that will remain
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I learned that much and more the night
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the Saviour called my name