Leader of the band  Dan Fogelberg

##song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. ##Article: 1695 of alt.guitar.tab#From: sennet@ocf.berkeley.edu (Sennet Williams)#Subject: Leader of the Band SIMP#Organization: U.C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility#Distribution: world#NNTP-Posting-Host: tornado.berkeley.edu###play.  If the previous post worked for you, you should stop reading this##and my ear is real bad, and my girlfriend wants it and is just starting# You can skip the chords in ( ), and I moved the chords to where they##.#Verse:


[G]An only c[C/G]hild alon[G]e and wild, a c[Bm]abinet maker's s[C]on


[Am]His hands were meant for d[Em]ifferent work and his [Am]heart was known to [C]none.[D]


[G]He left his [C/G]home and w[G]ent his lone and [Bm]solitary [C]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]A quiet[C/G] man of [G]music, den[Bm]ied a simpler f[C]ate


[Am]He tried to be a sol[Em]dier once but his [Am]music wouldn't w[C]ait


[G]He earn[C/G]ed his lo[G]ve through discipline, a th[Bm]und'ring velvet h[C]and


.    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]My brothers'[C/G] lives were d[G]ifferent for they [Bm]heard another c[C]all


   [Am]One went to Chic[Em]ago, the o[Am]ther to St. [C]Paul


   [G]And I'm in [C/G]Colorad[G]o when I'm [Bm]not in some hot[C]el


   [Am]Living out this [Em]life I chose and [Am]come to k[D7]now so w[G]ell


   .        G7 C Am Em D7   G (C/G) G (C/G) G (C/G) G


   (no lyrics)


   [G]I thank you[C/G] for the m[G]usic and your s[Bm]tories of the r[C]oad


   [Am]I thank you for the fr[Em]eedom when it c[Am]ame my time to [C]go


   [G]I thank you[C/G] for the k[G]indness and the t[Bm]imes when you got t[C]ough


   [Am]And papa I don't [Em]think I said "I l[Am]ove you" [D7]near eno[G]ugh.


   .


   (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


   .


   Chord chart:


                                                                                     

   Am      - 0 2 2 1 0           Bm      - 2 4 4 3 -           




   C       - 3 2 0 1 0           C/G     3 3 2 0 1 0


   D       x x 0 2 3 2           D7      x x 0 2 1 2


   Em      0 2 2 0 0 0           F       1 3 3 2 1 1


   G       3 2 0 0 0 3           G7      3 2 0 0 0 1


   originally posted by Chris Butler  SIMPed by Sennet


    What do you think of this format?  If you like it, then SIMP


    (Stupidity Induced Music Page) format is for you.  I SIMPed this song


    because I want to play the song without spending a lot of time


    practicing/memorizing it, my ear is not good, and I wanted it in a form


    where I could play it correctly the even if I had not practiced it for


    weeks.


       I'm trying to get several hundred rock songs in this format.  If you


       are interested in cooperating, please Email me.  I currently have


       20 or 30 songs in the SIMP format, which I have found easier to


       play than any other format I have seen.


       SIMP format briefly:


       A: Chords printed with every line


       B: It should be easily printable on 1 (sometimes 2) pages.


       C: Chord chart included.


       D: If some of the chord changes aren't really apparent, put them


          in ( ) so that some players can skip them


       E: You should be able to play it really easily


Does this sound like something you are interested in?  If so, please


E-mail me.  If you're interested in bilaterally exchanging songs in SIMP,


I'll send you a list of what I have so far.


Happiness is a LEARNed condition   - Tom Robbins, from "Another Roadside Attraction"


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