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
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 .    My life has been a poor attempt    to  imitate   the    man
 .      Am              Em           Am       C        G
 .  I'm just a living  legacy to the lea--der 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 chose and 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.
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   (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
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