The masters call   Marty Robbins

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{written by Marty Robbins}
(Am) The lightning rolled in hoops and circles
The rain in sheets is coming (C)down
The thunder rattles through the gulches
As the hoofbeats shook the (Am) ground
The cowhands rode hell bent for leather
Beggin god for the break of (C)day
Cause a stampede beats the best Camp meeting
When it comes to gettin men to (Am) pray

(C) When I was but a young man (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
How it (F) grieved them so to think that (G) there only boy was (Am) bad

I (C) fell in with an outlaw bunch, there (Am) names were known quite well
How (C) many times we robbed and plundered (Am) I could never tell
This (C) kind of sinful living will lead (Am) only to a fall
I (F) learned that much and more the night I (G) heard my master (Am) call

One (C) night we rustled cattle, (Am) a thousand head or so
Then (C) started them out on the trail that (Am) leads to Mexico
When (G) a norther started blowin and (C) lightning flashed about
I (Am) thought someone was callin me I (F) thought I heard a (Am) shout

Then (C) at that moment lightning struck (Am) not twenty yards from me
And (C) left there was a giant cross where (Am) once there'd been a tree
This (G) time I know I heard a voice, (C) a voice so sweet and plain
A (Am) voice that came from everywhere (F) a voice that called my (Am) name

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

I (C) felt the end was near that (Am) death would be the price
When (C) a mighty bolt of lightning showed the (Am)  face of Jesus Christ
And I (G) cried Oh lord forgive me, (C) don't let it happen now
I (Am) want to live for you alone, (F) god these words I (Am) vow

My (C) wicked life unfolded, I (Am) thought of wasted years
When (C) another bolt of lightning killed a (Am) hundred head of steers
And (G) the others rushed on by me, (C) but I was left to live 
The (Am) master had a reason life was (F) his to take or (Am)  give

A (C) miriacle performed that night (Am) I wasn't meant to die
The (C) dead ones formed a barricade (Am) least six or seven high
And (C) right behind it there was I (Am) afraid but safe and sound
I (F) cried and begged for mercy then and (G) there upon the (Am) ground

A (C) pardon I was granted my (Am) sinful soul set free
No (C) more to fear the angry waves (Am) upon lifes stormy seas
For (C) given by a love of god, a (Am) love that will remain
I (F) gave my life and soul the night the (G) savior called my (Am) name
I (F) gave my life and soul the night the (G) savior called my (Am) name