Lirik dan Chord Lagu Leader of the Band - Dan Fogelberg

Ia adalah seorang musisi Amerika yang terkenal melalui lagu-lagunya di era 1980-an, seperti "Longer", "Same Old Lang Syne", dan "Heart Hotels".

"Leader of the Band" masuk dalam album Love Songs yang dirilis pada 1979.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Leader of the Band" dari Dan Fogelberg:

[Intro]

G C Am Em D G C G C G C G

[Verse]

G              C         G                      Bm                  C
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                         Bm          C
He left his home and went his lone and solitary way
             Am               Em               Am    D       G    C G C G C G
And he gave to me a gift I know I never can repay
G           C         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                                      Bm                    C
He earned his love through discipline, a thund'ring velvet hand
        Am                    Em                                 Am       D            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

[Instrumental]

C G C G C G

G                  C               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                Bm                    C
And I'm in Colorado when I'm not in some hotel
Am                  Em                    Am         D          G    C G
Living out this life I chose and come to know so well

[Instrumental]

G C Am Em D G C G C G C G

[Verse]

G                C         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                        Bm                          C
I thank you for the kindness and the times when you got tough
Am                      Em                Am          D            G
And papa I don't think I said "I love you" near enough

[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

[Outro]

  Am                 Em               Am     C D      G
I am the living legacy to the leader of the band

C G C G C G C Am Em D G