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.
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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] .
[G] [C] [G] .
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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.
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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.
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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] .
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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.
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[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.
[G] I .
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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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