Chords for Leader Of The Band - Dan Fogelberg: Lyrics & Chords

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