Chords for Dan Fogelberg - Leader of the Band (from Live: Greetings from the West)

_ _ I think I could only have written one song in my life.
_ It would have been Leader of the Band.
_ _ _ .
Because what that meant to my father and to me, _ _ .
there's no way I could quantify that or even explain it.
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My father passed away over ten years ago now,.
and _ _ _ he got to hear that song.
He got to see this, enjoy the success of that song.
_ People were calling him on the phone and interviewing him in his last days.
_ Who is this man, the leader of the band?.
_ _ And he loved that, and I loved that, because I respected him so much.
He gave me everything I am, really.
My mother and he were both musicians.
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_ [G] The idea of being a living legacy is really the truth.
_ I don't think I'll ever be as accomplished a musician as he was, _ _ _ _ .
but _ _ I've had a different gift.
It came to me in a different way.
I've been able to [C] reach and touch people with these songs that I write.
_ And that one has probably touched more people more [E] deeply than anything [Am] I've ever done.
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_ [C] _ _ _ And [Am] he gave to [Em] me a gift I know [Am] I _ [D].
never can [G] _ _ [C] repay.
_ [G] A [C] _ _ _ .
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quiet man of [G] _ music, _ [Bm] denied a simple [C] _ fate.
He [Am] _ .
tried to [Em] be a soldier once, [Am] but his _ music couldn't [C] _ [D] wait.
_ [G] _ .
He [C] earned his love through [G] _ .
discipline, [Bm] a _ thundering [C] velvet hand _ .
[Am] His gentle, [Em] meant-to _ -sculpting souls [Am] took me [D] years to _ [G] _ understand.
_ [C] The _ leader of [Bm] the band is dying, [C] and his eyes are [G] growing old.
_ [Am] But his blood runs through [Em] my instrument, _ [Am] and his soul is in my _ [D] soul.
_ [C].
My life has been [G] _ [Bm] an attempt [C] to imitate the [G] band.
_ Oh, [Am] I'm just a [Em] living _ legacy [Am] to [C] the leader [G] of the [C] band _ .
[G] My _ [C] _ _ _ .
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ .
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brother's lines were [G] different, for [Bm] they _ heard another [C] _ come.
_ _ [Am].
One went [Em] to Chicago, _ [Am] and the other to [C] St.
_ [D] _ _ .
[G] Paul.
And [C] I'm in _ [G].
Colorado, _ [Bm] when I'm not in some _ [C] _ hotel _ .
_ [A] Living out [Em] this life I have chose, [Am] I've come [D] to know [G] so [C] _ .
well.
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_ _ [C] thank you for the [G] music, _ and [Bm] your _ stories of [C] the road.
_ I [Am] _ thank you for [Em] the freedom, _ [Am] when it came my time [C] to go.
[G] _ [D] I [G] _ .
[C] thank you for [G] your kindness, [Bm] and the times when you [C] got tough _ .
[Am] And Papa, I [Em] don't think I said [Am] I love [D] you [G] near enough _ _ .
_ [C] The leader [Bm] of the _ band is dying, [C] and his eyes are _ [G] growing old _ .
But [Am] his blood runs through [Em] my instrument, and [Am] his soul is in [G] my _ .
_ [D] _ [C] soul.
My life has [Bm] been _ _ _ _ .
[C] _ an attempt to imitate the [G] band.
Oh, [Am] I'm just a living [Em] _ legacy _ [Am] to the _ [C] leader [G] of the band _ .
[Am] I am a living [Em] _ .
_ legacy to [Am] the _ _ [C] _ leader _ .
_ [D] _ _ _ of _ _ _ _ _ .
[G] the [C] band.
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[C] The _ [G] _ _ _ .
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_ _ _ _ song, Leader of the Band, [G] cemented our [Am] relationship.
There was nothing left unsaid [Em] when he passed away.
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