Leader Of The Band Chords by Dan Fogelberg

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[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] A lonely child [Ab] alone and wild, [Cm] a _ [Db] cabinetmaker's son
_ [Bbm] His hands were meant [Fm] for different work, [Bbm] and his heart was [Db] known to [Eb] none
_ [Ab] He [Db] left his home and [Ab] went his lone [Cm] and _ solitary [Db] _ way
[Bbm] And he gave to me [Fm] a gift I know [Bbm] I [Eb] never can [Ab] repay
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_ [Db] quiet man of [Ab] _ music [Cm] denied a [Db] simpler fate
[Bbm] He tried to be [Fm] a soldier once, [Bbm] but his music wouldn't _ [Eb] wait _
[Ab] He [Db] earned his love [Ab] through discipline, [Cm] a thundering [Db] velvet hand _
[Bbm] His gentle means [Fm] of sculpting souls [Bbm] took me [Eb] years to _ [Ab] _ understand _
[Db] The leader of [Cm] the band is dead [Db] and his eyes are [Ab] growing old
[Bbm] But his blood runs through [Fm] my instrument [Bbm] and his song is in [Ab] my [Ebm] soul
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[Db] My [Ab] life has been a [Cm] poor _ [Db] attempt to imitate [Ab] the man
[Bbm] I'm just a [Fm] living legacy [Bbm] to the leader [Ab] of the [Db] band
[Ab] My _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] brother's lives were [Ab] different, [Cm] for they heard [Db] another call
_ _ [Bbm] One went to [Fm] _ Chicago [Bbm] and the other to [Db] St.
[Ab] [Eb] Paul
_ [Ab] And [Db] I'm in [Ab] Colorado when [Cm] I'm not in some [Db] hotel
_ _ [Bbm] Living out this [Fm] life I've chose [Bbm] and come [Eb] to [Ab] know so [Db] well
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[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] thank you for [Ab] the music and [Cm] your stories [Db]
of the road
I [Bbm] thank you for the [Fm] freedom when it [Bbm] came my time to [Ab] go
_ [Eb] [Ab] I [Db] thank you for the [Ab] kindness and [Cm] the times when you [Db] got tough
[Bbm] And Papa, I [Fm] don't think I said [Bbm] I love [Eb] you [Ab] near enough
_ _ [Db] The leader of the [Cm]
band is dead [Db] and his eyes are [Ab] growing old
But [Bbm] his blood runs through my [Fm]
instrument [Bbm] and his song is [Gb] in my [Ab] soul
[Db] My life [Ab] has been a poor _ [Db] attempt [Ab] to imitate the man
_ [Bbm] I'm just a [Fm] living legacy [Bbm] to the leader [Ab] of the band
[Bbm] I am a living [Fm] _
legacy [Bbm] to the leader _ _
[Eb] _ [Ab] of the [Db] band
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