The Master's Call Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Am]

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

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

[Bridge 1]
One [F]night we rustled [C]cattle,
a [F]thousand head or [C]so
And [F]started them out [C]on the trail
that [Am]leads to Mexico
But a [F]norhtern started [G]blowin'
and [C]lightnin' flashed [G]about
I [C]thought someone was [F]calling me
I [G]thought I heard a [C]shout
Then at that moment
lightning struck not [Em]twenty yards from me
And [F]left there was a giant cross
where [C]once there was a tree
And this [Am]time I knew a heard a voice,
a [D]voice so sweet and strange
A [C]voice that came came from everywhere,
a [Am]voice that called my name
[Am][Am]

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

[Bridge 2]
I [F]felt the end was [C]nearing,
that [F]death would be the [C]price
When a [F]mighty bolt of [C]lightning
showed the [Am]face of Jesus Christ
And I [F]cried "Oh Lord, [G]forgive me
Don't [C]let it happen [G]now
I [C]want to live for [F]You alone,
oh [G]God these words I [C]vow."
My wicked past unfolded,
I [Em]thought of wasted years
When [F]another bolt of lightning
killed a [C]hundred head of steers
And the [Am]others rushed on by me,
and [D]I was left to live
The [C]Master had a reason,
life is [Am]His to take and give
[Am][Am]

[Verse 4]
A [C]miracle performed that night,
I [Am]wasn't meant to die
The [C]dead ones formed a barricade
least [Am]6 or 7 high
And [C]right behind it, there was I,
[Am]afraid but safe and sound
I [F]cried and begged for [G]mercy
kneeling [Am]there upon the ground

[Verse 5]
A [C]pardon I was granted,
my [Am]sinful soul set free
No [C]more to fear the angry waves
[Am]upon life's stormy sea
For[C]given by the love of God,
a [Am]love that will remain
I [F]gave my life and [G]soul
the night the [Am]Saviour called my name
[Am][Am]
[Fade out]