The Master's Call chords by Marty Robbins (Official Version)
Intro 1
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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
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and left my mother and my dad
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I know it grieved them
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so to think their only boy was bad
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Verse 2
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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 livin' leads only to a fall
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I learned that much and more
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the night I heard my master call
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One night we rustled cattle,
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a thousand head or so
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And started them out on the trail
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that leads to Mexico
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But a norhtern started blowin'
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and lightnin' 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
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lightning struck 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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And this time I knew a heard a voice,
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a voice so sweet and strange
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A voice that came came from everywhere,
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a voice that called my name
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Verse 3
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So frightened I was thinking
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of sinful deeds I'd done
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I failed to see a thousand head of
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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,
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and it threw me to the ground
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I felt the end was nearing,
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that death would be the price
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When a mighty bolt of lightning
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showed 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,
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I thought of wasted years
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When another bolt of lightning
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killed 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 and give
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Verse 4
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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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least 6 or 7 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 and begged for mercy
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kneeling there upon the ground
Verse 5
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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 sea
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Forgiven by the love of God,
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a love that will remain
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I gave my life and soul
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the night the Saviour called my name
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[Fade out]
The Master's Call
Marty Robbins
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