Chords for Dan Fogelberg - Leader of the Band

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_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Db] An only 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 [Ab] can [Db] repay
_ [Ab] A [Db] _
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_ _ _ [Db] quiet man of [Ab] _
music [Cm] denied a [Db] simpler _ fate
[Bbm] _ He tried to [Fm] be a soldier once, [Bbm] but his music wouldn't [Eb] wait
_ [Ab] _ [Db] He earned his love through [Ab] _
discipline, [Cm] a thundering [Db] velvet hand
_ [Bbm] His gentle [Fm] means of sculpting souls [Bbm] took me [Eb] years to [Ab] _ understand
_ [Db] The leader [Ab] of the band is dead [Db] and his eyes are [Ab] growing old
But [Bb] his blood runs through [Fm] my instrument [Bbm] and his song is [Ebm] in my soul
[Ab] _ [Db] _ My life [Ab] has been a [Cm] poor _ [Db] attempt to imitate [Ab] the man
_ [Bbm] I'm just a living [Fm] legacy [Bbm] to the [Db] leader [Ab] of the [Db]
band
[Ab] My [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Db] _
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brother's lives [Ab] were different, for [Cm] they heard another [Db] call
_ _ [Bbm] One went [Fm] to Chicago and [Bbm] 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] hadn't [Eb] come to know [Ab] so _ [Db] well
[Ab] I _
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thank you for the [Ab] music and [Cm] your stories [Db] of the road
[Bbm] I thank you for [Fm] the freedom when [Bbm] it came my time to [Ab] go
[Eb] _ [Ab] I [Db] thank you for [Ab] the kindness and [Cm] the times when you [Db] got tough
[Bbm] And Papa, [Fm] I don't think I said [Bbm] I love [Eb] you [Ab] near _ enough
[Db] _ The leader of the [Cm] band is [Db] dead and his eyes are [Fm]
growing [Ab] old
[Bbm] But his blood runs through [Fm] my instrument [Bbm] and his song is in [Gb] my _ [Ab] _ [Db] soul
My [Ab] life has been a poor _ [Db] attempt to imitate the [Ab] man
_ [Bbm] I'm just a [Fm] living legacy [Bbm] to the [Db] leader [Ab] of the band
[Bbm] I am a [Fm] living legacy [Bbm] to the leader _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] of the [Db] band _
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