Chords:
{title:Leader Of The Band}
{artist:Dan Fogelberg}
{key: G}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsocZrEcp0Y Capo 1
{c: Thanks Caren Park}
[G] [C] [Am] [Em] [D7] [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] [G]
[G] An only [Gsus4] child, [G] alone and [Gsus4] wild, a [Bm] cabinet maker's [C] son
[Am] His hands were meant for [Em] different work,
and his [Am] heart was known [C] to [D] none
[G] He left his [Gsus4] home and [G] went his lone and [Bm] solitary [C] way
And he [Am] gave to me a [Em] gift I know I [C] never [D7] can [G] repay.
[Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] [G]
[G] A quiet [Gsus4] man of [G] mu-[Gsus4]sic, [Bm] denied a simpler [C] fate
[Am] He tried to be a [Em] soldier once, but his [Am] music wouldn't [C] wait [D]
[G] He earned his [Gsus4] love through [G] discipline, a [Bm] thund'ring, velvet [C] hand
His [Am] gentle means of [Em] sculpting souls [C] took me [D7] years to under-[G]stand
The [C] leader of the [Bm] band is tired and his [C] eyes are growing [G] old
But his [Am] blood runs through my [Em] instrument
and his [Am] song is in my [C] soul [D]
My [C] life has been a [Bm] poor attempt to [C] imitate the [G] man
I'm [Am] just a living [Em] legacy to the [C] leader [D7] of the [G] band.
[Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] [G]
[G] My brothers' [Gsus4] lives were [G] diffe-[Gsus4]rent, for they [Bm] heard another [C] call
[Am] One went to Chi-[Em]cago and the [Am] other to Saint [C] Paul [D]
[G] And [Gsus4] I'm in [G] Colorado [Gsus4] , when I'm [Bm] not in some [C] hotel
[Am] Living out this [Em] life I chose, and [C] come to [D7] know so [G] well [Gsus4] [G]
[G] [C] [Am] [Em] [D7] [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] [G]
[G] I thank [Gsus4] you for the [G] music and your [Bm] stories of the [C] road
[Am] I thank you for the [Em] freedom when it [Am] came my time to [C] go [D]
[G] I thank [Gsus4] you for the [G] kindness and the [Bm] times when you got [C] tough
And, [Am] Papa, I don't [Em] think I said "I [C] love you" [D7] near [G] enough.
The [C] leader of the [Bm] band is tired and his [C] eyes are growing [G] old
But his [Am] blood runs through my [Em] instrument and his [Am] song is in my [C] soul [D]
My [C] life has been a [Bm] poor attempt to [C] imitate the [G] man
I'm [Am] just a living [Em] legacy to the [C] leader [D7] of the [G] band.
I [Am] am the living [Em] legacy to the leader [C] of [D] the [G] band
[Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] [G] [Gsus4] [G] [G] [C] [Am] [Em] [D7] [G]
