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# Master's Call ------------- * written by Marty Robbins * as performed by Marty Robbins on the "Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs" album * Lyrics typed by Charlie Berube <ab054@ccn.cs.dal.ca> * transcribed by Greg Vaughn <G.Vaughn@ttu.edu> I D Bm When I was but a young man,I was wild and full of fire
A Dyouth within my teens, but full of Bmchallenge and desire I Dran away from home and left my Bmmother and my dad I Gknow it grieved them Aso to think their Bmonly boy went bad
I I fell in with an outlaw band, their names were known quite well How many times we robbed and plundered, I could never tell This kind of sinful living, leads only to a fall I learned that much and more the night I heard my Master's call II G D G D One night we rustled cattle, a thousand head or so
And Gstarted then out Don the trail that Bmleads to Mexico When a Gnorther started Ablowing and Dlightning flashed Gabout I Dthought someone was Gcalling me, I Athought I heard a Dshout
III D F#m Then at that moment lightning struck not twenty yards from me
And Gleft there was a giant cross where Donce there was a tree This Bmtime I knew I heard a voice, a Emvoice so sweet and strange A F#mvoice that came from everywhere, a Bmvoice that called my name
I So frightened I was thinking of sinful deeds I'd done I failed to see the thousand head of cattle start to run The cattle they stampeded, were running all around My pony ran but stumbled and it threw me to the ground II I felt the end was near, that death would be the price When another bolt of lightning showed the face of Jesus Christ And I cried oh Lord forgive me, don't let it happen now I want to live for you alone, Oh God these words I vow III My wicked past unfolded and I thought of wasted years When another bolt of lightning killed a hundred head of steers And the others rushed on by me and I was left to live The Master had a reason,life is his to take or give I A miracle performed that night, I wasn't meant to die The dead ones formed a barricade nearly six or seven high And right behind it there was I, afraid but safe and sound I cried in vain for mercy kneeling there upon the ground I A pardon I was granted, my sinful soul set free No more to fear the angry waves upon life's stormy seas Forgiven by the love of God, a love that will remain I learned that much and more the night the Saviour called my name The Roman Numerals correspond to the particular chord progression for that verse. Since the melody line raises at the end of the second verse and then lowers during the third verse, I like playing various barre forms of the chords to correspond to this melody line like so: II
||G|||| xxD|||| ||G|||| xxD|||| ||G|||| xxD|||| x|Bm|||| |o|||| |||o|o |o|||| |||o|o |o|||| |||o|o |ooooo o||||o ||||o| o||||o ||||o| o||||o ||||o| ||||o| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||oo|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||
||G|||| x|A|||| xxD|||| ||G|||| x|D|||| x|G|||| x|A|||| ||D|||| |o|||| ||ooo| |||o|o |||||| |||||| 7|||ooo 9|||ooo 10oooooo o||||o |||||| ||||o| oooooo 5|ooooo ||||o| ||||o| |||o|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||o|| |||||| ||o||| ||o||| |oo||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |oo||| ||ooo| |o|||| |o|||| ||||||
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||D|||| x|F#m|||| x|G|||| x|D|||| x|Bm|||| xxEm|||| ||F#m|||| x|Bm|||| 10oooooo 9|ooooo 7|||ooo |||||| |ooooo ||oooo oooooo |ooooo |||o|| ||||o| ||||o| 5|ooooo ||||o| |||||o |||||| ||||o| |oo||| ||oo|| ||o||| |||||| ||oo|| |||o|| |oo||| ||oo|| |||||| |||||| |o|||| ||ooo| |||||| ||||o| |||||| ||||||