Chords for Don Edwards - Master's Call

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_ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ [C] I was but a young [Am] man, wild and full of fire,
[G] A youth [C] within my teens [Am] and full of challenge and desire,
[C] Ran away from [Em] home and [Am] left my mother and my dad,
[C] Grieve [G] them so to think their only [Am] boy was me. _
[C] I fell in with [Em] an outlaw [Am] band, the names are known quite well,
[C] How many times we'd robbed and [Am] plundered I could never tell,
This [G] kind of [C] sinful living [Am] will lead only to a fall,
Learned that much and [G] more [Am] the night I heard my master call.
_ [F] One [Am] night we [C] rustled cattle, [F] a [G] thousand [C] head or so,
[F] Started them out [C] on the [Am] trail that leads to Mexico,
_ Northern [G] started blowing, [C] lightning [F] flashed about,
[Gm] [C] I thought someone [F] was calling me, [G] I [Am] thought I heard a [Gm] shout.
[C] _ Lightning _ _ [G]
[Em] struck now twenty yards from [G] me,
[F] And left there was a [G] giant [C] cross where once there was a tree,
[G] This time I knew I'd [D] heard a [G] voice, a voice so sweet and plain,
[C] Voice that came from [Bm] everywhere, [Am] a voice that called my [Em] name.
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So frightened I was [B] thinking [Am] of the sinful deeds I'd done,
[C] I failed to see the thousand [Am] head of cattle start to run,
[C] The cattle all [B] stampeded and [Am] were running all around,
My pony ran [G] but stumbled and [A] he threw me to the ground.
_ [G] _ [A] _ [F] I thought the end [C] was nearing, [F] that death [Gm] would be [C] the price,
When [Dm] a mighty bolt [G] of lightning [Am] showed the face of Jesus Christ,
[F] And I cried, [G] oh Lord forgive me, [C]
don't let it happen now,
I want to [F] live for you [G] alone, and [C] God these words I vow,
[Gm] [C] My wicked life [G] [Em] unfolded and I thought of wasted [G] years,
[F] As another bolt of [Am] lightning [C] killed a hundred head of [G] steers,
[C] The others rushed on by me, [G] I was left to live,
[C] The master had a [Bm] reason life [Am] was his to take or give.
_ _ [C] A miracle performed that night, [Am] I wasn't meant to die,
[C] The dead ones formed a barricade at [Am] least six or seven high,
[C] And right behind it there was [Am] I, afraid but safe and sound,
Cried [G] and begged for mercy, kneeling [Am] there upon the ground.
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[C] Pardoned I was, [B] gratified [Am] my sinful soul set free,
[C] No more to fear [G] the angry [Am] waves upon life's stormy sea,
[C] Forgiven by the love of [Am] God, a love that will remain,
[C] I gave my [G] life and soul the [A] night the [G] Savior [Am] called my name.
_ _ _ [F] I gave my life [G] and soul the night [A] the Savior [E] _ _
called _ [A] my _ [Am] name.
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