For the Sake of the Call Chords by Steven Curtis Chapman

[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] She will [N] abandon [A] me _ all
For the sake of the [E] call
No other [C#m] reason
[A] But _ _ _ the sake of the [F#m] call _ Wholly _ [E] devoted
[D] To live and [A] to die
[B] For the sake [E] of the call _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Nobody stood and applauded [A] them
_ _ [E] _
So they knew from the start
This road would not lead to [A] faith
_ All [E] _
[Bm] they really knew [C#] for sure
Was Jesus [F#m] had called to [E] them
[A] He said, come follow me
[D] And they came
[A] With reckless abandon
And they came
[E] _ Empty _ nets lying there at the water's [A] edge
_ [E] _ Told a story that few could believe
And none [A] could explain
_ How [E] _ [A] [Bm] some crazy [C#] fisherman
_ Agreed [F#m] to go where Jesus [E] lived
[A] With no thought for what [D] they would gain
[A] Lord Jesus had called them by _ _ name
And they [B] [E] answered
Leave him, [B] _ [E] abandon [B] [A] him [E] all
For the sake of the call
_ [F#m] No [E] other [B] _ [E] reason [B] [A] at _ [E]
all
But the sake of the [A] call _ _
_ [E] _ Wholly devoted
[D] To live and [A] to die
[B] For the sake [E] of the call _
For the sake of the call
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Drowned like the rivers are down to the sea
_ _ _ There's no turning back
For the water cannot help [A] us go
As [E] _ _ [A] [Bm] we hear the _ [C#] Savior's call
We'll follow [F#m] wherever He [G#m] leads
[A] Because of the love [D] He has shown
[A] And because He has called us to go
We will [B] answer
[E] [F#m] We [E] will _ abandon [A] him [E] all
For the sake of the call
_ [F#m] _ _
[E] [B] No [E] other reason [B] [A] at [E] _
all
But the sake of the call [A] _ Wholly _ [E] devoted
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [E] Not [B] for the sake of [E] a creed or a call
[A] Not for a dream [E] or a [B] promise
_ Simply because it is [C#m] Jesus who [A] called
And [E] if we believe [D] we'll all _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#] We [N] will abandon _ _ _ him all
For the sake of [F#] the call
[D] No other reason [A#] _ _ _
at [B] all
But [A#m] the sake [G#m] of [C#] the [F#] call
[B] We [F#] will [C#] [D#m] abandon [B] him _ [F#] _
[G#m] all
For the sake of the [F#] call
_ [G#m] _
[F#] _ [A#m] _ [D#m] No other reason [B] at [F#] all
But the sake of the [B] call Wholly _ [F#] _ devoted
_ [E] _ _ _
[B] To live [C#] and to die
For the sake [F#] of the call
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _