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Leader of the band

Intro: G7 C Am Em D G (C/G) G (C/G) G (C/G) G  
Verse:  
G        (C/G)    G              Bm              C    
An only child alone and wild, a cabinet maker's son,   
Am                        Em                    Am                 C    D  
His hands were meant for different work and his heart was known to none.   
G           (C/G)     G                Bm       C  
He left his home and went his lone and solitary way  
.      Am            Em     Am    D7            G   (C/G) G (C/G) G (C/G) G  
And he gave to me a gift I know I never can repay. 
  
G      (C/G)   G         Bm             C    
A quiet man of music, denied a simpler fate,  
Am                  Em                Am              C    D  
He tried to be a soldier once but his music wouldn't wait.  
G      (C/G)    G                          Bm               C    
He earned his love through discipline, a thund'ring velvet hand.  
.    Am              Em                      Am      D7      G    
His gentle means of sculpting souls took me years to understand. 
  
 .    C                  Bm                  C                 G  
 .    The leader of the band is tired and his eyes are growing old  
 .            Am                    Em                 Am            F    D  
 .    But his blood runs through my instrument and his song is in my soul. 
 .    C                  Bm                  C              G  
 .    My life has been a poor attempt  to  imitate the man.  
 .      Am              Em           Am       C       G     
 .  I'm just a living  legacy to the leader of the band.  

  .(C/G)  G  (C/G)  G  (C/G)  G  
     
   G           (C/G)        G                 Bm             C    
   My brothers' lives were different, for they heard another call.  
   Am              Em        Am          C    D  
   One went to Chicago, the other to St. Paul,  
   G          (C/G)  G          Bm             C    
   And I'm in Colorado when I'm not in some hotel  
   Am              Em               Am       D7      G   (C/G) G   
   Living out this life I've chosen, come to know so well.  

   .        G7 C Am Em D7   G (C/G) G (C/G) G (C/G) G  
   (no lyrics)   
    
     G          (C/G)     G              Bm             C    
   I thank you for the music and your stories of the road.  
   Am                    Em             Am             C    D  
   I thank you for the freedom when it came my time to go.  
   G          (C/G)     G                Bm                 C    
   I thank you for the kindness and the times when you got tough,  
   Am                 Em               Am       D7      G    
   And, Papa, I don't think I said "I love you" near enough.  
   .  
   (Chorus followed by ending: )  
   .               Am            Em           Am     C  D       G    
   .             I am a living  legacy to the leader of   the band  
   .                            (C/G)  G  (C/G)  G  (C/G)  G  G7 C Am Em D7 G  
   .  
  

 
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