Artist: | Antipara Version (English) |
User: | Jidirin |
Duration: | 180 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
Abusive: | |
Comment: | - |
Guitar no Capo
Piano and Bass Transpose -2 (F)
Intro:
G -- C -- Am - Em - D - G
[Verse 1]
G G/B C
An only child alone and wild, 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 G/B C
He left his home and went his lone and solitary way
Am Em Am D G---
And he gave to me a gift I know I never can repay
[Verse 2]
G G/B 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 G/B C
He earned his love through discipline, a thundering velvet hand
Am Em Am D G
His gentle means of sculpting souls took me years to understand
[Chorus]
C G/B C D G
The leader of the band is tired and his eyes are growing old
Am Em Am C D
But his blood runs through my instrument and his song is in my soul
C G/B C D G
My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man
Am Em Am D G
I'm just a living legacy to the leader of the band
[Verse 3]
G G/B C
My brother's lives were different for they heard another call
Am Em Am C D
One went to Chicago and the other to St Paul
G G/B C
And I'm in Colorado when I'm not in some hotel
Am Em Am D G
Living out this life I've chose and come to know so well
Instrumental:
G -- C -- Am - Em - D - G
[Verse 4]
G G/B 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 G/B C
I thank you for the kindness and the times when you got tough
Am Em Am D G
And papa, I don't think I said I love you near enough
[Chorus]
C G/B C D G
The leader of the band is tired and his eyes are growing old
Am Em Am C D
But his blood runs through my instrument and his song is in my soul
C G/B C D G
My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man
Am Em Am D G
I'm just a living legacy to the leader of the band
Am Em Am C - D
I am a living legacy to the leader of the band
[Repeat Instrumental]
G -- C -- Am - Em - D - G