Am
C
When I was but a young man
Am
I was wild and full of fire
C
A youth within my teens but full of
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challenge and desire
C
I ran away from home and left my
Am
mother and my dad
F
G
I know it grieved them so to think
Am
there only boy was bad
C
I fell in with an outlaw band there
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names were known quite well
C
How many times we robbed and plundered
Am
I could never tell
C
This kind of sinful living
Am
leads only to a fall
F
G
I learned that much and more the night
Am
I heard my Master call
F
C
One night we rustled cattle
F
C
a thousand head or so
F
C
And started them out on the trail
Am
that leads to Mexico
F
G
But a norther started blowing
C
G
and lightning flashed about
C
F
I thought someone was calling me
G
C
I thought I heard a shout
C
Then at that moment lightning struck
Em
not twenty yards from me
F
And left there was a giant cross
C
where once there was a tree
Am
And this time I know I heard a voice
Dm
a voice so sweet and strange
Cmaj7
A voice that came from everywhere
Am
a voice that called my name
C
So frightened I was thinking
Am
of sinful deeds I’d done
C
I failed to see the thousand head
Am
of cattle start to run
C
The cattle they stampeded
Am
were running all around
F
G
My pony ran but stumbled
Am
and he threw me to the ground
F
C
I felt the end was nearing
F
C
that death would be the price
F
C
When a mighty bolt of lightning showed
Am
the face of Jesus Christ
F
G
And I cried oh Lord forgive me
C
G
don’t let it happen now
C
F
I want to live for you alone
G
C
oh God these words I vow
C
My wicked past unfolded
Em
I thought of wasted years
F
When another bolt of lightning killed
C
a hundred head of steers
Am
And the others rushed on by me
Dm
and I was left to live
Cmaj7
The master had a reason life
Am
is 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
Am
least six or seven high
C
And right behind it there was I
Am
afraid but safe and sound
F
G
I cried and begged for mercy
Am
kneeling there upon the ground.
C
A pardon I was granted
Am
my sinful soul set free
C
No more to fear the angry waves
Am
upon life´s stormy sea
C
Forgiven by the love of God
Am
a love that will remain
F
G
I gave my life and soul the night
Am
the Savior called my name
Am
F
Cmaj7
C
G
Dm
Em
