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Leader of the band  Dan Fogelberg
Capo 1 G13 c o C C+ Am  Em  D  G  C/G  G  C/G   G  C/G                
 G        C/G    G               Bm              C                                                                        1.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                                                                        
1.He  left  his home  and  went  his lone and solitary way                     
         Am            Em             Am    D7    G   ( C/G Gx3)  
1.And he gave to me a  gift I know  I never can repay                                                             
  G         C/G       G       Bm               C                                                                                                
2. A quiet   man of  music    denied a simpler  fate  
 Am                    Em                    Am               C  D                                                            
2.He tried  to be  a  soldier once  But his music   wouldn't wait                                                                      
  G             C/G         G                Bm                C                                                                        
2.He earned his love thru' discipline   a   thundering velvet  hand  
       Am             Em                      Am       D7    G 
2.His gentle means of sculpting souls took me years to understand      

CHORUS 2
  C                  Bm                   C                G                                                        2.The leader of the band Is tired and his eyes are growing old
          Am                   Em                Am           C    D                                                            2.But his blood runs thru' my instrument And his song is in my soul                                                                          
  C                  Bm              C           G                                                        2.My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man
      Am            Em            Am     C      G   ( C/G Gx3)  
2.I'm just a living legacy To the leader of the band
        
  G            C/G          G                Bm               C                                                                                               
3.My brother's lives were different For they heard  another   call   
 Am               Em             Am              C  D                                                            
3.One went to Chicago   and the other  to   St. Paul                                                                        
  G             C/G    G              Bm            C                                                                        
3.And  I'm  in   Colorado    When I'm not in some hotel 
 Am                Em                      Am          D7   G   ( C/G Gx3)
3.Living out this life I've chose    And come to know so   well  

Solo   G  C  Am  Em  D  G  C/G  G  C/G   G  C/G                

  G            C/G     G                Bm             C                                                                                      
4.I thank  you for the music   And your stories of the road 
 Am                     Em                    Am             C  D                                                               
4.I thank you for the  freedom      When it came my time to go                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
  G           C/G      G                    Bm                C                                                                                      
4.I thank you for the  kindness     And the times when you got tough
      Am            Em                 Am          D7    G                                       4.And papa I don't think I said     "I love you"   near  enough



CHORUS 4
  C                  Bm                   C                G                                                        2.The leader of the band Is tired and his eyes are growing old
          Am                   Em                Am           C    D                                                            2.But his blood runs thru' my instrument And his song is in my soul                                                                          
  C                  Bm              C           G                                                        2.My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man
      Am            Em            Am     C      G     ( C/G Gx3)                                                       2.I'm just a living legacy To the leader of the band

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     Am          Em            Am     C  D    G                                                          .I'm am a living legacy To the leader of the band

Solo  G  C  Am  Em  D  G  C/G  G  C/G   G  C/G                

 G13      323x3x