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