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The Master's Call original guitar chords by
Marty Robbins
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1963•Worship•745 views•
Key: D major•
Intro 1
Bm
Bm
2

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Bm
2

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Verse 1
D
D

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When I was but a young man
Bm
Bm
2

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I was wild and full of fire
D
D

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A youth within my teens
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but full of challenge and desire
D
D

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I ran away from home
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and left my mother and my dad
G
G

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I know it grieved them
A7
A7

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so to think their only boy was bad
Verse 2
D
D

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I fell in with an outlaw band,
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Bm
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their names were known quite well
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D

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

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This kind of sinful livin' leads only to a fall
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G

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A7
A7

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I learned that much and more
Bm
Bm
2

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the night I heard my master call
Bridge 1
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G

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D
D

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One night we rustled cattle,
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G

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D

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a thousand head or so
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G

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D

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And started them out on the trail
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that leads to Mexico
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A7
A7

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But a norhtern started blowin'
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A7

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and lightnin' flashed about
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G

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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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F#m
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lightning struck not twenty yards from me
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G

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And left there was a giant cross
D
D

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where once there was a tree
Bm
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And this time I knew a heard a voice,
E7
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a voice so sweet and strange
D
D

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A voice that came came from everywhere,
Bm
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a voice that called my name
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Verse 3
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D

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So frightened I was thinking
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of sinful deeds I'd done
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D

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I failed to see a thousand head of
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cattle start to run
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D

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The cattle they stampeded,
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were running all around
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G

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A7
A7

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My pony ran but stumbled,
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and it threw me to the ground
Bridge 2
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D
D

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I felt the end was nearing,
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D
D

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that death would be the price
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G

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D
D

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When a mighty bolt of lightning
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showed the face of Jesus Christ
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A7
A7

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And I cried "Oh Lord, forgive me
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A7
A7

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Don't let it happen now
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I want to live for You alone,
A7
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oh God these words I vow."

My wicked past unfolded,
F#m
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I thought of wasted years
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When another bolt of lightning
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D

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killed a hundred head of steers
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And the others rushed on by me,
E7
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and I was left to live
D
D

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The Master had a reason,
Bm
Bm
2

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life is His to take and give
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Verse 4
D
D

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A miracle performed that night,
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2

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I wasn't meant to die
D
D

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The dead ones formed a barricade
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least 6 or 7 high
D
D

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And right behind it, there was I,
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afraid but safe and sound
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A7
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I cried and begged for mercy
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kneeling there upon the ground
Verse 5
D
D

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A pardon I was granted,
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my sinful soul set free
D
D

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No more to fear the angry waves
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upon life's stormy sea
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D

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Forgiven by the love of God,
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a love that will remain
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A7
A7

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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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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Bm

    2

  • D

  • G

  • A7

  • F#m

    2

  • E7

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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The original key of The Master's Call by Marty Robbins is D major.

The primary chords used in The Master's Call are Bm, D, G, A, F#m, E.

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