Hi! I am Doods from the Philippines. This is my own
version of Leader of the Band by Dan Fogelberg. This 
includes the intro and the verses. For comments, 
email me at efbjunior@yahoo.com.And by the way, I got
this by listening to the song many times over. Enjoy!
To everyone: Do you have an easier way to type this?

Leader of the Band by Dan Fogelberg
Use these chord positions
G- 320033
C- x32010
Am- x02210
Em- 022000
Bm7- x23422

Intro:
   G		 	    C			
E|-------------|-0--------|-------------|
B|-3-------3---|---3-1-0--|-1-------1---|
G|-----0-----0-|----------|-----0-----0-|
D|---0---0-----|----------|---2---2-----|
A|-2-----------|----------|-3-----------|
E|-------------|----------|-------------|
                 Am	      Em
E|-------------|-----0------|-----------|
B|-3/5\3-3-1-0-|-1-----1----|-----0-----|
G|-------------|---------2--|-0-----0---|
D|-------------|---2--------|---2-----2-|
A|-------------|-0----------|-2---------|
E|-------------|------------|-----------|
   D         G		   G 2x
E|-2---2---|-3-----3-----|-----3-----|
B|---3---3-|---------2---|-------2---|
G|---------|---0-------0-|-0-------0-|
D|-0-------|-----0-------|---0-------|
A|---------|-2-----------|-----------|
E|---------|-------------|-----------|

Verses: Pick pattern

G   C9/G       G	
A lonely child alone and wild
     Bm7            C
A cabinet maker's son
Am                         Em
His hands were meant for different work
        Am                 C-D
And his heart is known to none.
G    C                G                 Bm7     C
He left his home and went a lone and solitary way
        Am           Em            Am    D        G-C9-G (3x)
And he gave to me a gift I know I never can repay.
G  C9/G         G
A quiet man of music 
   Bm7            C
Denied a simpler fate
Am                Em           
He tried to be a soldier once
         Am             C-D
But his music wouldn't wait
G     C9/G               G
Earned his love through discipline
    Bm7              C
A thundering velvet hand
     Am                 Em
His gentle means of sculpting souls 
          Am               G
Took me years to understand.

Chorus:
C                  Bm7
The leader of the band is tired
     C                  G
And his eyes are growing old
         Am                      Em
But his blood runs through my instrument 
        Am             F-D
And his song is in my soul.
C                   Bm
My life has been a poor attempt 
C              G
To imitate the man
     Am               Em
I'm just a living legacy to the 
Am              G-C-G(3x)
Leader of the Band.

Verse:
G  C9/G                G
My brother's lives were different 
                 Bm7      C
For they heard another call.
Am           Em
One went to Chicago 
Am                   C-D
And the other to St. Paul
G   C/G    G                  Bm7          C
And I'm in Colorado, when I'm not in some hotel
Am               Em
Living out this life I've just
     Am      D        G-C9/G-G
And come to know so well.

Ad lib: Do intro 

G-C-Am-Em-D-G

Verse
G  C/G               G
I thank you for the music
         Bm7             C
And the stories of the road
Am                 Em
Thank you for the freedom
         Am              C-D
When it came my time to go.
G   C9/G              G
Thank you for the kindness
         Bm7                  C
And the times when you got tough.
       Am            Em  
"And Papa, I don't think," I said
    Am        D      G
"I loved you near enough."

Repeat chorus and end with

   G
...band
  Am             Em
I am a living legacy 
         Am    C  D    G-C/G-G
To the leader of the band

• leader of the band