Leader Of The Band

Leader Of The Band easy guitar chords by Dan Fogelberg

1979Folk
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 1

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • G

  • C

  • Am

  • Em

  • D

  • Bm

    2
  • F

  • G

  • C

  • Am

  • Em

  • D

  • Bm

    2
  • F

  • Intro 1
    G
    C

    Am
    Em
    D

    G

    G

    Verse 1
    G

    An only child alone and wild,
    Bm
    C

    a cabinet maker's son
    Am
    Em

    His hands were meant for different work
    Am
    C
    D

    And his heart was known to none
    G

    He left his home and went his lone
    Bm
    C

    and solitary way
    Am
    Em

    And he gave to me a gift I know
    Am
    D
    G

    I never can repay
    G

    Verse 2
    G

    A quiet man of music
    Bm
    C

    denied a simpler fate
    Am
    Em

    He tried to be a soldier once,
    Am
    C
    D

    but his music wouldn't wait
    G

    He earned his love through discipline,
    Bm
    C

    a thundering velvet hand
    Am
    Em

    His gentle means of sculpting souls
    Am
    D
    G

    took me years to understand
    Chorus 1
    C
    Bm

    The leader of the band is tired
    C
    G

    and his eyes are growing old
    Am
    Em

    But his blood runs through my instrument
    Am
    F
    D

    and his song is in my soul
    C
    Bm

    My life has been a poor attempt
    C
    G

    to imitate the man
    Am
    Em

    I'm just a living legacy
    Am
    C
    G

    to the leader of the band
    G

    Verse 3
    G
    G

    My brothers' lives were different
    Bm
    C

    for they heard another call
    Am
    Em

    One went to Chicago
    Am
    C
    D

    and the other to St. Paul
    G
    G

    And I'm in Colorado
    Bm
    C

    when I'm not in some hotel
    Am
    Em

    Living out this life I've chose
    Am
    D
    G

    and come to know so well
    Interlude 1
    G
    C

    Am
    Em
    D

    G

    G

    Verse 4
    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

    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
    D
    G

    I love you near enough
    Chorus 2
    C
    Bm

    The leader of the band is tired
    C
    G

    and his eyes are growing old
    Am
    Em

    But his blood runs through my instrument
    Am
    F
    D

    and his song is in my soul
    C
    Bm

    My life has been a poor attempt
    C
    G

    to imitate the man
    Am
    Em

    I'm just a living legacy
    Am
    C
    G

    to the leader of the band
    Am
    Em

    I am a living legacy
    Am
    C
    D
    G

    to the leader of the band
    G

    Outro 1
    G
    C

    Am
    Em
    D
    G

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