These are some of the kind of songs that I never get tired of listening
Collin Raye - Love Me
I read a note my grandma wrote
Back in 1923
Grandpa kept it in his coat
And he showed it once to me
He said boy you might not understand
But a long long time ago
Grandma's daddy didn't like me none
But I loved your grandma so
We had this crazy plan to meet
And run away together
Get married in the first town we came to
And live forever
But nailed to the tree where we were
Supposed to meet instead
I found this letter and this is what it said
If you get there before I do
Don't give up on me
I'll meet you when my chores are through
I don't know how long I'll be
But I'm not gonna let you down
Darling wait and see
And between now and then
Till I see you again
I'll be loving you
Love me
I read those words just hours before
My grandma passed away
In the doorway of the church
When me and grandpa stopped to pray
I know I'd never seen him cry
All my 15 years
But as he said these words to her
His eyes filled up with tears
If you get there before I do
Don't give up on me
I'll meet you when my chores are through
I don't know how long I'll be
But I'm not gonna let you down
Darling wait and see
And between now and then
Till I see you again
I'll be loving you
Love me
Between now and then till I see you again
I'll be loving you
Love me
Longer
Dan Fogelberg
Intro
G Am7 Gmaj7/B C G Am7 Gmaj7/B C G Am7 Gmaj7/B C Bb D7/A
G C/G D
G Am7 Gmaj7/B C
Longer than there've been fishes in the ocean
G Am7 Gmaj7/B C
Higher than any bird ever flew
G Am7 Gmaj7/B C
Longer than there've been stars up in the heavens
Bb D7/a
I've been in love with you
G C/G D
Stronger than any mountain cathedral
Truer than any tree ever grew
Deeper than any forest primeval
I am in love with you
(don't do the G C/G D here)
G
F+2/C C Eb+2/Bb Bb
I'll bring fire in the winters
F+2/C C Eb+2/Bb Bb
You'll send showers in the spring
F+2/C C Eb+2/Bb Bb
We'll fly through the falls and summers
D7sus/G D7/F# Dm7/F D7/f#
With love on our wings
Through the years as the fire starts to mellow
Blurring lines in the book of our lives
Though the binding's cracked and the pages start to yellow
I'll be in love with you
G G/A
Bb D7/A G
I'll be in love with you
F+2/C C Eb+2/Bb Bb F+2/C C Eb+2/Bb Bb F+2/C C Eb+2/Bb Bb
D7sus/G D7/F# Dm7/F D7/f#
repeat first verse
after "I've been in love with you"
G G/A
Bb D7/A
I am in love with you
G G/A Bb D7/A G
Leader of the Band
Dan Fogelberg
Dan Fogelberg
The Innocent Age
1981
I heard this song over the summer and decided I
needed to pick up some Fogelberg stuff. As part
of my new Columbia House membership I got this CD,
so here's the song. Hope you enjoy it!
Lyrics
Chords
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Capo 1st
INTRO:
G Am C Cadd9 C
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B:-3---------3-----|---3---1---0-----|-1---------1-----|-3---3-1---0-----|
G:-0-----0-----0---|-----0-----------|-------0-----0---|-----------------|
D:-----0-----------|-----------------|-----2-----------|-----------------|
A:-2---------------|-2-------0---0-2-|-3---------------|-3-----------3-2-|
E:---------3-------|-----------------|---------3-------|-------3---------|
Am Em D G
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e:-------0---------|-----------------|-2-----------------|-----------3-----|
B:-0h1-------1-----|-0-1-0---------0-|-3-----------------|-----0h1-------1-|
G:-----2---------0-|-------0---0-----|-------2-0h2p0---0-|-------------0---|
D:-------------4---|-----------------|-0---0---------4---|-----0h2---------|
A:-0---------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
E:-----------------|-0-------0---0---|-------------------|-3---------------|
G
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e:-----------3-----|-----------3-----|-----------------|
B:-----0h1-------1-|-----0h1-----1---|-0-----0---0---0-|
G:-------------0---|-----------------|-0---0-------0---|
D:-----0h2---------|-----0h2---------|-----------------|
A:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------This is the verse:
An only child alone and wild a cabinet-maker's son
G Bm C
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B:-----0h1-------1-|-----0-----0-----|-----3-----------|-1---------1-----|
G:-------------0---|-------0-------0-|---4-------4-----|-------0-------0-|
D:-----0h2---------|---0---------0---|-----------------|-----2-------2---|
A:-----------------|-----------------|-2---------------|-3---------------|
E:-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|---------3-------|
His hands...for different work... heart was known to none
Am Em Am C D
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B:-1-------1-------|---3-------3-----|-1-------1-------|-----1-------3---|
G:-------2-----2---|-0---------------|-------2-----2---|---0-----------2-|
D:-----2---------2-|-----2---2---2---|-----2---------2-|---------0-------|
A:-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-3---------------|
E:-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
he left his home and went his... solitary way and he
G Bm C
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e:-----------3-----|-----------------|-------2-----0---|-----------------|
B:-----0h1-------1-|-----1-----0-----|-----3-----------|-1---------1-----|
G:-------------0---|-------0-------0-|---4-------4-----|-------0-------0-|
D:-----0h2---------|---0---------0---|-----------------|-----2-------2---|
A:-----------------|-----------------|-2---------------|-3---------------|
E:-3---------------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|---------3-------|
gave to me a gift I know I never can repay
Am Em Am D G
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B:-1-------1-------|---3-------3-----|-1-----------3---|-----0h1-------1-|
G:-------2-----2---|-0---------------|-------2-------2-|-------------0---|
D:-----2---------2-|-----2---2---2---|-----2---0-------|-----0h2---------|
A:-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|
E:-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
interlude (don't play before chorus)
+ + + + + + + + + + + +
e:-----------3-----|-----------3-.---|---------------3-|
B:-----0h1-------1-|-----0h1-----1---|-----------0-----|
G:-------------0---|-------------0---|-------0---------|
D:-----0h2---------|-----0h2---------|-----0-------0---|
A:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Here is the chorus:
the leader of the band is tired...eyes are growing
G Am Bm C Bm C
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e:-----------------|-----------3-----|-----------2-----|-----------------|
B:-----0---1---3---|-5-----5-------5-|-3-----3-------3-|-1---------1-----|
G:---0-----2---4---|-----5-------5---|-----4-------4---|-------0-------0-|
D:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----2-------2---|
A:-----------------|-3-------3-------|-2-------2-------|-3-------3-------|
E:-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
old but his blood runs... instrument and his song is in my soul
G Am Bm Am Em Am F D
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e:-----------------|-----------------|-------0---------|-----------------|-1---1-----2-----|
B:---0-----1---3---|-1---------1-----|---3-------3-----|-1---------1-----|-1-----1-----3---|
G:-------0-2---4---|-------2-------2-|-0---------------|-------2-------2-|---2-----------2-|
D:-----0-----------|-----2-------2---|-----2---2---2---|-----2-------2---|---------0-------|
A:-----------------|-0-------0-------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|-----------------|
E:-3---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-1---------------|
my life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man I'm
C Bm C G Am Bm
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B:-5-----5-------5-|-3-----3-------3-|-1---------1-----|---0-----1---3---|
G:-----5-------5---|-----4-------4---|-------0-------0-|-------0-2---4---|
D:-----------------|-----------------|-----2-------2---|-----0-----------|
A:-3-------3-------|-2-------2-------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3---------------|
just a living legacy to the leader of the band
Am Em Am D G
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e:-----------------|-------0---------|-----------2-----|-----------3-----|
B:-1---------1-----|---3-------3-----|-1-----------3---|-----0h1-------1-|
G:-------2-------2-|-0---------------|-------2-------2-|-------------0---|
D:-----2-------2---|-----2---2---2---|-----2---0-------|-----0h2---------|
A:-0-------0-------|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|
E:-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|
interlude
+ + + + + + + + + + + +
e:-----------3-----|-----------3-.---|---------------3-|
B:-----0h1-------1-|-----0h1-----1---|-----------0-----|
G:-------------0---|-------------0---|-------0---------|
D:-----0h2---------|-----0h2---------|-----0-------0---|
A:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------LYRICS:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
play intro
An only child alone and wild a cabinet-maker's son
His hands were meant for different work and his heart was known to none
He left his home and went his lone and solitary way
And he gave to me a gift I know I never can repay
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A quiet man of music denied a simpler fate
He tried to be a soldier once but his music wouldn't wait
He earned his love through discipline a thundering velvet hand
His gentle means of sculpting souls took me years to understand
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------CHORUS
The leader of the band is tired and his eyes are growing old
But his blood runs through my instrument and his song is in my soul
My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man
I'm just a living legacy to the leader of the band
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My brothers' lives were different for they heard another call
One went to Chicago and the other to St. Paul
And I'm in Colorado when I'm not in some hotel
Living out this life I've chose and come to know so well
over solo, play second half of verse
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I thank you for the music and your stories of the road
I thank you for the freedom when it came my time to go
I thank you for the kindness and the times when you got tough
And papa I don't think I said 'I love you' near enough
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------CHORUS
The leader of the band is tired and his eyes are growing old
But his blood runs through my instrument and his song is in my soul
My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man
I'm just a living legacy to the leader of the band
I am a living legacy to the leader of the band
ending solo: play second half of verse
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------CHORDS:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C x32010 or 35553
Cadd9 x32030
You've Got A Friend
When you're down and troubled
And you need some loving care
And nothing, nothing is going right
Close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest night
You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there
You've got a friend
If the sky above you
Grows dark and full of clouds
And that old north wind begins to blow
Keep your head together
And call my name out loud
Soon you'll hear me knocking at your door
You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there
Ain't it good to know that you've got a friend
When people can be so cold
They'll hurt you, and desert you
And take your soul if you let them
Oh, but don't you let them
You just call out my name
And you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call
And I'll be there
You've got a friend