Leader Of The Band - Dan Fogelberg (Lyrics) Chords

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