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Intro SOL7 DO LAm MIm RE SOL /SOL) SOL /SOL) SOL /SOL) SOL
Verse:
SOL /SOL) SOL SIm DO
An only child alone and wild, a cabinet maker's son
LAm MIm LAm DO RE
His hands were meant for different work and his heart was known to none.
SOL /SOL) SOL SIm DO
He left his home and went his lone and solitary way
LAm MIm LAm RE7 SOL /SOL) SOL /SOL) SOL /SOL) SOL
And he gave to me a gift I know I never can repay
SOL /SOL) SOL SIm DO
A quiet man of music, denied a simpler fate
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He tried to be a soldier once but his music wouldn't wait
SOL /SOL) SOL SIm DO
He earned his love through discipline, a thund'ring velvet hand
LAm MIm LAm RE7 SOL
His gentle means of sculpting souls took me years to understand
Chorus
DO SIm DO SOL
. The leader of the band is tired and his eyes are growing old
LAm MIm LAm FA RE
. But his blood runs through my instrument and his song is in my soul
DO SIm DO SOL
. My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man
LAm MIm LAm DO SOL
. I'm just a living legacy to the lea--der of-- the band
/SOL) SOL /SOL) SOL /SOL) SOL
SOL /SOL) SOL SIm DO
My brothers' lives were different for they heard another call
LAm MIm LAm DO RE
One went to Chicago, the other to St. Paul
SOL /SOL) SOL SIm DO
And I'm in Colorado when I'm not in some hotel
LAm MIm LAm RE7 SOL /SOL) SOL
Living out this life I chose and come to know so well
SOL7 DO LAm MIm RE7 SOL /SOL) SOL /SOL) SOL /SOL) SOL
(no lyrics)
SOL /SOL) SOL SIm DO
I thank you for the music and your stories of the road
LAm MIm LAm DO RE
I thank you for the freedom when it came my time to go
SOL /SOL) SOL SIm DO
I thank you for the kindness and the times when you got tough
LAm MIm LAm RE7 SOL
And papa I don't think I said "I love you" near enough.
(Chorus followed by ending: )
LAm MIm LAm DO RE SOL
. I am the living legacy to the leader of the band
/SOL) SOL /SOL) SOL /SOL) SOL SOL7 DO LAm MIm RE7 SOL
Chord chart:
LAm - 0 2 2 1 0 SIm - 2 4 4 3 -
DO - 3 2 0 1 0 DO/SOL 3 3 2 0 1 0
RE x x 0 2 3 2 RE7 x x 0 2 1 2
MIm 0 2 2 0 0 0 FA 1 3 3 2 1 1
SOL 3 2 0 0 0 3 SOL7 3 2 0 0 0 1
IMP,
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