Chords for Dan Fogelberg - Leader of the band "with lyrics"

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An [Db] only child, [Ab] alone and wild, [Cm] a _ _ [Db] cabinetmaker's son
_ [Bbm] His hands were meant for [Fm] different work, [Bbm] and his heart was [Db] known to [Eb] none
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[Db] He left his home [Ab] and went his own, [Cm] in solitary _ [Db] way
_ [Bbm] And he gave to [Fm] me a gift I know [Bbm] I [Eb] never can [Ab] repay
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[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 _ [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 [Ab] of 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 _ soul
[Db] My [Ab] life has been a [Cm] 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] _ _ _
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_ [Db] brother's lives were [Ab] different, for [Cm] they heard another [Db] call _ _
[Bbm] One went [Fm] to Chicago and [Bbm] the other [Db] to St.
[Ab] Paul
[Eb] _ [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
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_ I _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Db] thank you for the [Ab] 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
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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 [Cm] the band is dead [Db] and his eyes are growing [Ab] old
_ [Bbm] But his blood runs through [Fm] my instrument and [Bbm] 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 living [Fm] _ legacy [Bbm] to the _ [Fm] leader _ [Eb] _ of [Ab] the band
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