Leader Of The Band Cifras para ukulele

G       C                G
An only child alone and wild
Bm              C
A cabinet maker son
Am                       Em
His hands were meant for different work
        Am                   C  D
and his heart was known to none
G            C        G
He left his home and went his lone
    Bm        C
and solitary way
Am                  Em            D7           G    C
And he gave to me a gift I know I never can repay
 
 
G       C         G
A quiet man of music
Bm              C
Denied a simpler fate
Am               Em
He tried to be a soldier once
        Am                C  D
But his music wouldn't wait
G              C           G
He earned his love through disipline
    Bm              C
A thundering velvet hand
Am                  Em
His gentle means of sculpting souls
D7                       G   C  G
Took me years to understand
 
C                  Bm                 C               G
The leader of the band is tired his eyes are growing old
        Am                    Em
But his blood runs through my instrument
        Am             F
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            G
I'm just a living legacy to the leader of the band
 
G             C         G
My brother's lives are different
Bm                     C
For they heard another call
Am               Em
One went to Chicago
        Am              C  D
and the other to St Paul
G       C       G
And I'm in Colorado
    Bm              C
When I'm not in some hotel
Am                  Em
Living the life I chose
D7                     G   C
And come to know so well
 
 
G           C         G
I thank you for the music
Bm                      C
And your stories of the road
Am                  Em
I thank you for the freedom
        Am                C  D
When it came my time to go
G           C         G
I thank you for your kindness
        Bm                 C
And the times when you got tough
Am                Em
And papa I don't think I said
D7                    G   C  G
I love you near enough
 
C                  Bm                 C               G
The leader of the band is tired his eyes are growing old
        Am                    Em
But his blood runs through my instrument
        Am             F
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            G
I'm just a living legacy to the leader of the band
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