The Masters Call - Marty Robbins | Guitar Chords

[Verse 1]
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  When I was but a young man I was wild and full of fire
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A youth within my teens, but full of challenge and desire
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I ran away from home and left my mother and my dad
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I know it grieved them so to think their only boy was bad

[Verse 2]
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I fell in with an outlaw band, their names were known quite well
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How many times we robbed and plundered, I  could never tell
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This kind of sinful living leads only to a fall
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I learned that much and more the night I heard my Master call

[Pre-Chorus (1)]
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     G#              D#            G#             D#
One night we rustled cattle, a thousand head or so
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And started them out on the trail that leads to Mexico
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But a norther started blowing and lightning flashed about
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I thought someone was calling me, I thought I heard a shout

[Chorus (1)]
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Then at that moment lightning struck not twenty yards from me
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And left there was a giant cross where once there was a tree
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And this time I knew I heard a voice, a voice so sweet and strange
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A voice that came from everywhere, a voice that called my name

[Verse 3]
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So frightened I was thinking of sinful deeds I'd done
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I failed to see the thousand head of cattle start to run
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The cattle they stampeded, were running all around
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My pony ran but stumbled and it threw me to the ground

[Pre-Chorus (2)]
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  G#               D#         G#                      D#
I felt the end was near, that death would be the price
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When a mighty bolt of lightning showed the face of Jesus Christ
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And I cried oh Lord forgive me, don't let it happen now
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I want to live for you alone, Oh God these words I vow

[Chorus (2)]
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   D#                      Gm
My wicked past unfolded, I thought of wasted years
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When another bolt of lightning killed a hundred head of steers
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And the others rushed on by me and I  was left to live
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The Master had a reason, life is his to take or give

[Verse 4]
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A miracle performed that night, I wasn't meant to die
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The dead ones formed a barricade least six or seven high
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And right behind it there was I, afraid  but safe and sound
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I cried and begged for mercy kneeling there upon the ground

[Outro]
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A pardon I was granted, my sinful soul set free
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No more to fear the angry waves upon  life's stormy sea
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Forgiven by the love of God, a love  that will remain
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I gave my life and soul the night the Saviour called my name...