Chords for Leader of the Band

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