LEADER OF THE BAND       (Dan Fogelberg)

(intro)

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(Verse pattern)

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 An only child  a- lone and wild,  a cabinet maker's
He left his...   ..went his lone and so  -   l-i- tary

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 son                 his hands...   ..different work and his
 way                  he gave to me a gift I know  I


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 heart was known to none


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 never   can  re-  pay

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                                       (on to verse 2...)

(Verse 1)
G        C/g     G               Bm              C
 An only child alone and wild, a cabinet-maker's son
Am                        Em
  His hands were meant for different work and his
Am                  C   D7
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
  He gave to me a gift I know I never can repay


(Verse 2)
G         C/g     G        Bm             C
  A quiet man of music, denied a simpler fate
Am                 Em
  He tried to be a soldier once, but his
Am              C   D7
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
                                                      (to chorus)


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..years 2 un-der- stand


(Chorus)
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 The leader of the band is tired & his eyes are growing
  My life has been a poor attempt       to imitate the

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 old        but his blood runs thru my instrument & his
 man           I'm just   a  living  leg - a - cy to the

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 song  is in my   soul


(2nd time)        (**)
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 leader  of    the band

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**(After the last verse, go to ending at this point in the
chorus)



(Verse 3)
G              C/g         G                   Bm           C
  My brother's lives were different, for they heard another call
Am               Em
  One went to Chicago, a-
Am               C   D7
  nother to St. Paul
G            C/g  G            Bm             C
  Me, I'm in Colorado when I'm not in some motel
Am                Em                    Am       D7      G
  living out this life I chose and have come to know so well


(Play intro, then on to...)


(Verse 4)
G             C/g     G               Bm             C
  I thank you for the music and your stories of the road
Am                     Em
  I thank you for the freedom... when it
Am              C  D7
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
                                                   (to chorus)



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              I     am   a  li- ving leg -a - cy to the

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 lea   -     der    of           the band

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