Marty Robbins : "Masters call" Guitar chords

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Master's Call
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* written by Marty Robbins
* as performed by Marty Robbins on the "Gunfighter Ballads and Trail
  Songs" album
* Lyrics typed by Charlie Berube 
* transcribed by Greg Vaughn 

                       
I        D                           Bm
    When I was but a young man,I was ...
      D                                  Bm
    A youth within my teens, but full ...
      D                              Bm
    I ran away from home and left my ....
      G                    A                 Bm
    I know it grieved them so to ...
I   
    I fell in with an outlaw band, their names ....
    I learned that much and .....
    
II      G                D         G                D
    One night we rustled cattle, a ....
        G                D                 Bm
    And started then out on the trail ....
           G               A           D                 G
    When a norther started blowing and ...
      D                   G             A                 D
    I thought someone was calling me...
    
III      D                                   F#m
    Then at that moment lightning ...
        G                                  D
    And left there was a giant cross where ....
         Bm                             Em
    This time I knew I heard a voice, a ....
      F#m                                Bm
    A voice that came from ....
    
    
I   So frightened I was thinking of .....
    
II  I felt the end was near, that death ....
    
III My wicked past unfolded and I ....
    
I   A miracle performed that night, I .....
    
I   A pardon I was granted, my sinful ....
    

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        D        G        D        G        D        Bm  
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  |o||||   |||o|o   |o||||   |||o|o   |o||||   |||o|o   |ooooo
  o||||o   ||||o|   o||||o   ||||o|   o||||o   ||||o|   ||||o|
  ||||||   ||||||   ||||||   ||||||   ||||||   ||||||   ||oo||
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    G        A        D        G        D        G        A        D   
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  |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||||   ||||||

III
    D        F#m      G        D        Bm       Em       F#m      Bm  
  ||||||   x|||||   x|||||   x|||||   x|||||   xx||||   ||||||   x|||||
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|   ||||||   ||||||

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