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