Title:    For the Sake of the Call
Artist:   Steven Curtis Chapman
Album:    For the Sake of the Call
Author:   Steven Curtis Chapman
Copyright 1990 Sparrow Song / Careers Music, Inc. / Greg Nelson Music / BMI
Tabbed by Casey Lee <schmoozemeter@hotmail.com>


Chorus:
E  F#m  G#m E      B  A           F#m
We will a - bandon it all for the sake of the call
E  F#m G#m  D      B  A           F#m
No o - ther reason at all but the sake of the call
A        G#m      D           A
Wholly devoted to live and to die
        B           E
For the sake of the call


Verse 1:
E                 A
Nobody stood and aplauded them
        E
So they knew from the start
                            A
This road would not lead to fame
         D               C#7                F#m
All they really knew for sure was Jesus had called to them
G#m       A                        D
He said, "Come follow me" and they came
     F#m             A
With reckless abandon they came


Verse 2:
E                              A
 Empty nets lying there at the waters edge
       E                                             A
Told a story that few could believe and none could explain
         D           C#7              F#m
How some crazy fishermen agreed to go where Jesus led
G#m   A                              D
 With no thought for what they would gain
    F#m                  A                   B
For Jesus had called them by name and they answered


Chorus


E - A


Verse 3 (same as verse 2):
Drawn like the rivers are drawn to the sea
There's o turning back for the water cannot help but flow
Once we hear the Savior's call we'll follow wherever He leads
Because of the love He has shown
And because He has called us to go we will answer


E  F#m  G#m E      B  A           F#m
We will a - bandon it all for the sake of the call
E  F#m G#m  D      B  A           F#m
No o - ther reason at all but the sake of the call
A        G#m      D           A
Wholly devoted to live and to die


Bridge:
B                     C#m
Not for the sake of a creed of a cause
A                       B
Not for a dream or a promise
                     C#m
Simply because it is Jesus who calls
    A                   D
And if we believe we'll obey


F# G#m  A#m F#     C# B           G#m
We will a - bandon it all for the sake of the call
F# G#m A#m  F#     C# B           G#m
No o - ther reason at all but the sake of the call


Chorus:
F# G#m  A#m F#     C# B           G#m
We will a - bandon it all for the sake of the call
F# G#m A#m  F#     C# B           G#m
No o - ther reason at all but the sake of the call
B        A#m      E           B
Wholly devoted to live and to die
        C#          F#
For the sake of the call


F# - G#m - A#m - F# - C# - B - G#m


Outro (repeat, ad lib and fade to end):
F# G#m  A#m F#     C# B   G#m
We will a - bandon it all
F# G#m A#m  F#     C# B   G#m
No o - ther reason at all