Dan Fogelberg escribió esta canción para su padre que fue líder de una orquesta.
Su padre estaba enfermo en el hospital, y poco antes de morir le pudo cantar esta canción donde expresaba todo el amor y orgullo que tenía por él.
Esta canción se la dedico a mi Papá que hoy esta de cumpleaños.
LEADER OF THE BAND . Intro: G7 C Am Em D G (C/G) G (C/G) G (C/G) GVerse:G (C/G) G Bm CAn only child alone and wild, a cabinet maker's sonAm Em Am C DHis hands were meant for different work and his heart was known to none.G (C/G) G Bm CHe left his home and went his lone and solitary way. Am Em Am D7 G (C/G) G (C/G) G (C/G) GAnd he gave to me a gift I know I never can repayG (C/G) G Bm CA quiet man of music, denied a simpler fateAm Em Am C DHe tried to be a soldier once but his music wouldn't waitG (C/G) G Bm CHe earned his love through discipline, a thund'ring velvet hand. Am Em Am D7 GHis 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 (C/G) 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) 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 . G7 C Am Em D7 G (C/G) G (C/G) G (C/G) G (no lyrics) 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 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 .