Artist: | Dan Fogelberg (English) |
User: | Clover Duo |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
Clover Duo Collections
Cloyd Silver
Apr 3, 2023
Leader of the Band
Dan Fogelberg
Intro:
G7 C Am Em D
G (C/G) G (C/G) G (C/G) G
Verse:
G (C/G) G
An only child alone and wild,
Bm C
a cabinet maker's son
Am Em
His hands were meant for different work and his
Am C D
heart was known to none.
G (C/G) G
He left his home and went his lone
Bm C
and solitary way
Am Em Am
And he gave to me a gift I know
D7 G (C/G) G (C/G) G (C/G) G
I never can repay
G (C/G) G Bm C
A quiet man of music, denied a simpler fate
Am Em
He tried to be a soldier once
Am C D
but his music wouldn't wait
G (C/G) G
He earned his love through discipline,
Bm C
a thund'ring velvet hand
. Am Em
His gentle means of sculpting souls
Am D7 G
took me years to understand
Chorus:
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
I'm just a living legacy to the
Am C G
lea--der of-- the band
(C/G) G (C/G) G (C/G) G
G (C/G) G
My brothers' lives were different
Bm C
for they heard another call
Am Em
One went to Chicago,
Am C D
the other to St. Paul
G (C/G)
And I'm in Colorado
G Bm C
when I'm not in some hotel
Am Em
Living out this life I chose
Am D7 G (C/G) G
and come to know so well
G7 C Am Em D7 G (C/G) G (C/G) G (C/G) G
G (C/G) G
I thank you for the music
Bm C
and your stories of the road
Am Em
I thank you for the freedom
Am C D
when it came my time to go
G (C/G) G
I thank you for the kindness
Bm C
and the times when you got tough
Am Em
And papa I don't think I said
Am D7 G
"I love you" near enough.
Chorus:
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
I'm just a living legacy to the
Am C G
lea--der of-- the band
(C/G) G (C/G) G (C/G) G
(Chorus followed by ending: )
Am Em Am C D G
I am the living legacy to the leader of the band
(C/G) G (C/G) G (C/G) G G7 C Am Em D7 G
END