Key: Ab major
Intro 1
Ab
Db
Bbm
Fm
Eb
Ab
Ab
Verse 1
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a cabinet maker's son
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His hands were meant for different work
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Db
Eb
And his heart was known to none
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Db
and solitary way
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Fm
And he gave to me a gift I know
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Eb
Ab
I never can repay
Ab
Verse 2
Cm
Db
denied a simpler fate
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He tried to be a soldier once,
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Eb
but his music wouldn't wait
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Db
a thundering velvet hand
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Fm
His gentle means of sculpting souls
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Eb
Ab
took me years to understand
Chorus 1
Db
Cm
The leader of the band is tired
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Ab
and his eyes are growing old
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Fm
But his blood runs through my instrument
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Gb
Eb
and his song is in my soul
Db
Cm
My life has been a poor attempt
Db
Ab
to imitate the man
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Fm
I'm just a living legacy
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Db
Ab
to the leader of the band
Ab
Verse 3
Ab
Ab
My brothers' lives were different
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for they heard another call
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Fm
One went to Chicago
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Eb
and the other to St. Paul
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Ab
And I'm in Colorado
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Db
when I'm not in some hotel
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Living out this life I've chose
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Ab
and come to know so well
Interlude 1
Ab
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Bbm
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Eb
Ab
Ab
Verse 4
Cm
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and your stories of the road
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I thank you for the freedom
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Eb
when it came my time to go
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Db
and the times when you got tough
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Fm
And papa, I don't think I said
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Ab
I love you near enough
Chorus 2
Db
Cm
The leader of the band is tired
Db
Ab
and his eyes are growing old
Bbm
Fm
But his blood runs through my instrument
Bbm
Gb
Eb
and his song is in my soul
Db
Cm
My life has been a poor attempt
Db
Ab
to imitate the man
Bbm
Fm
I'm just a living legacy
Bbm
Db
Ab
to the leader of the band
Bbm
Fm
I am a living legacy
Bbm
Db
Eb
Ab
to the leader of the band
Ab
Outro 1
Ab
Db
Bbm
Fm
Eb
Ab
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