'Leader of the Band' by Dan Fogelberg - Guitar Tutorial

            Intro: G7 C Am Em D G (C/G) G (C/G) G (C/G) G 

Verse: 
G        (C/G)    G              Bm              C 
An only child alone and wild, a cabinet maker's son 
Am                        Em                    Am  С   D 
His hands were meant for different work and his 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   (C/G) G (C/G) G (C/G) G 
And he gave to me a gift I know I never can repay 
G      (C/G)   G         Bm             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      (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 
 
 Chorus: 
    C                  Bm                  C                 G 
  The leader of the band is tired and his eyes are growing old 
    Am               Em                 Am            F    D 
  But his blood runs through my instrument and his song is 
  in my soul 
  C                  Bm                  C                 G 
  My life has been a poor attempt    to  imitate   the    man 
   Am              Em           Am       C        G 
 I'm just a living  legacy to the lea--der of-- the band 
 
 (C/G)  G  (C/G)  G  (C/G)  G 

    G           (C/G)        G                 Bm             C 
   My brothers' lives were different for they heard another call 
   Am              Em        Am          C    D 
   One went to Chicago, the other to St. Paul 
   G          (C/G)  G          Bm             C 
   And I'm in Colorado when I'm not in some hotel 
   Am              Em               Am       D7      G   (C/G) G 
   Living out this life I chose and come to know so well 
    G7 C Am Em D7   G (C/G) G (C/G) G (C/G) G 
   (no lyrics) 
   G          (C/G)     G              Bm             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          (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. 
   
   Chorus followed by ending:
        Am              Em           Am     C  D       G 
    I am the living  legacy to the leader of    the band 
    (C/G)  G  (C/G)  G  (C/G)  G  G7 C Am Em D7 G