C                 Am                Em
e|---0-------------|-------0---------|-----------------|
B|-3---3-1---0-----|-0h1-------1-----|-0h1-0-----0-----|
G|---------------2-|---------------0-|-------0-------0-|
D|-------------0-2-|-----2-------2---|-------------2---|
A|-3---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|
E|--------3--------|---------0-------|-0-------0-------|

   D                   G       C/G       G       C/G
e|-2-----------------|-----------3-----|-----------3-----|
B|-------3-----------|-----0h1---------|-----0h1---------|
G|-----2---0h2p0---0-|---------------0-|---------------0-|
D|-0-------------4---|-----0h2-----2---|-----0h2-----2---|
A|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-------------------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|

   G       C/G       G                  (Instrumental ends on)
e|-----------3-----|-----------------|   |-----------------|
B|-----0h1-----1---|-0---------0-----|   |-0---------------|
G|-----------------|-------0-------0-|   |-----------------|
D|-----0h2-----2---|-----0-------0---|   |-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|   |-----------------|
E|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|   |-3---------------|

[Verse 1]
G         C/G    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      G                 Bm       C
  He left his home and went his lone and solitary 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

[Verse 2]
G         C/G    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          G             Bm                C
  He earned his love through discipline, a thund'ring velvet hand
    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 so-oul
C                    Bm           C               G
  My life has been a poor attempt, to imitate the man
    Am            Em            Am     C      G   C/G  G  C/G  G  C/G  G
I'm just a living legacy to the leader of the band

[Verse 3]
G              C/G        G                  Bm            C
  My brothers' lives were different for they heard another call
Am             Em            Am           C    D
One went to Chicago, and the other to St. Paul
G            C/G G             Bm            C
  And I'm in Colorado when I'm not in some hotel
Am              Em               Am      D7      G  C/G  G
Living out this life I chose and come to know so well

[Instrumental] (repeat intro part with orchestra)
| G7  | G7  | C   | C   |
| Am  | Em  | D   | G  C/G |
| G  C/G | G  C/G | G   |

[Verse 4]
G             C/G     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     G                Bm                 C
  I thank you for the kindness and the times when you got tough
    Am            Em              Am        D7    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 so-oul
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 leader of the band

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

[Outro]
| G7  | G7  | C   | C   |
| Am  | Em  | D   | G


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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off

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