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Master's Call chords by
Michael Martin Murphey
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Key: C minor•
Intro 1
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C
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Verse 1
C
C

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When I was but a young man,
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I was wild and full of fire
C
C

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A youth within my teens,
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but full of challenge and desire
C
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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
C
C

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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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C

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How many times we robbed and plundered,
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I could never tell
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C

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This kind of sinful living,
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leads only to a fall
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G
G

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I learned that much and more the
Am
Am

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night I heard my Master's call
Verse 2
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F
F

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C
C

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One night we rustled cattle,
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C

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a thousand head or so
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And started then out on the trail
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that leads to Mexico
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G
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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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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
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a voice so sweet and strange
C
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A voice that came from everywhere,
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a voice that called my name
Verse 3
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C
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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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I felt the end was near,
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that death would be the price
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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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C

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G

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don't let it happen now
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F
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I want to live for you alone,
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C
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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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Dm
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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
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A miracle performed that night,
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I wasn't meant to die
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C

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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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G
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I cried in vain for mercy kneeling
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C
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there upon the ground

A pardon I was granted,
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my sin ful soul set free
C
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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
F
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I learned that much and more the night
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the Saviour called my name
Outro 1
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The original key of Master's Call by Michael Martin Murphey is C minor.

The primary chords used in Master's Call are Cm, Eb, Ab, Bb, Gm, F.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 3 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Cm, Eb, Ab, Bb, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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