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CAPO: 5th Fret
                   PART THE 1st: 'The Leader'
INTRO:  Am   F   Em   F   G   Am   Em7  F  
I Amlooked to the North, and I Fturned to the West,
For a Emsign, a light in the Fsky,
Oh, the Gmessage is clear, that the Amtime Em7is  Fnear,
For a Amleader to Emcome aFgain
A Amcircle of stones on the Fhead of a hill,
ToEmnight is Cwhere Emit will Fbe,
In this Gdesolate place, we all Amstand Emand Fwait,
For a Amleader to Emcome aFgain
Yes a Amleader will Emcome aFgain,
GFor it is wAmritten,Am  Am  G  Am  
That a Amleader Gwill be Amhere,
GAnd then a Amvision,Am  Am  G  Am  
Left me Fblinded by the light,
And it Gstarted right in front of my Ameyes...
                    PART THE 2nd: 'The Vision'
INTRO: Am  
And I Gsaw a burning chariAmot,
And the Ffour horsemen of the aEmpocalypse, waiting on Fhigh,
CAnd I Gheard the thunder Crolling in,
                                                   Em   F-  Bb- Am  
And behold our leader on a pale horse, riding in the sky
CAnd I Gsaw this land a Ambattlefield,
With a Fhundred thousand Emmen, fighting hand tFo hand,
CAnd I Gheard the sounds of Cvictory,
And the Emrivers ran red with the blood of our enemies, and FI___G_
I saw Cfire (fire), from the Fsky,
I saw Cfire (fire), and I saw Fparadise, (CparaGdise,)
CFire (fire), from the sun, I saw fire,
And I saw FAlpha and EO--DmeCga Bmha-Cha-ha-Amha
Lead Break:  G    Am   G    Am   G    F   C    G    Am   F   Em   F   C    G    C    Em   F  G  
CFire,
I saw fire, and I saw Fparadise, (CparaGdise,)
Fire, I saw fire...
OUTRO: Lead Break
                    PART THE 3rd: 'What About Me?'
INTRO:  Am   Em   G   C  
I am left in the Emnight, Dtrembling with Emfear,
                  C                Em?         C  
I have seen to the future, and the future is here,
Our Emleader will bring Gvictory, but our Dland is in Emflames,
And as the Amfinal sounds of Gbattle disapFpear, I had to Bsay...
N.C.              C              D                   Em   D   Em   E  
What about me, and you, and the ones that we love,
DWhat about CmeEm,  Gand Dyou, and the ones that we Emlove,
Well what about us?
OUTRO: Lead Break fade

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The Leader Trilogy

by Chris de Burgh

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 5 (as written in this song)

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Em7

CAPO: 5th Fret

PART THE 1st: 'The Leader'

Am F Em F G Am Em7 F

INTRO:

Am F

I looked to the North, and I turned to the West,

Em F

For a sign, a light in the sky,

G Am Em7 F

Oh, the message is clear, that the time is near,

Am Em F

For a leader to come again

Am F

A circle of stones on the head of a hill,

Em C Em F

Tonight is where it will be,

G Am Em F

In this desolate place, we all stand and wait,

Am Em F

For a leader to come again

Am Em F

Yes a leader will come again,

G Am Am Am G Am

For it is written,

Am G Am

That a leader will be here,

G Am Am Am G Am

And then a vision,

Left me blinded by the light,

G Am

And it started right in front of my eyes...

PART THE 2nd: 'The Vision'

INTRO:

G Am

And I saw a burning chariot,

F Em F

And the four horsemen of the apocalypse, waiting on high,

C G C

And I heard the thunder rolling in,

Em F Bb Am

- -

And behold our leader on a pale horse, riding in the sky

C G Am

And I saw this land a battlefield,

F Em F

With a hundred thousand men, fighting hand to hand,

C G C

And I heard the sounds of victory,

Em F G

And the rivers ran red with the blood of our enemies, and I____

C F

I saw fire (fire), from the sky,

C F C G

I saw fire (fire), and I saw paradise, (paradise,)

Fire (fire), from the sun, I saw fire,

F E D C Bm C Am

And I saw Alpha and O--mega ha-ha-ha-ha

G Am G Am G F C G Am F Em F C G C Em F G

Lead Break:

Fire,

F C G

I saw fire, and I saw paradise, (paradise,)

Fire, I saw fire...

OUTRO: Lead Break

PART THE 3rd: 'What About Me?'

Am Em G C

INTRO:

Em D Em

I am left in the night, trembling with fear,

C Em C

I have seen to the future, and the future is here,

Em G D Em

Our leader will bring victory, but our land is in flames,

Am G F B

And as the final sounds of battle disappear, I had to say...

C D Em D Em E

N.C.

What about me, and you, and the ones that we love,

D C Em G D Em

What about me, and you, and the ones that we love,

Well what about us?

OUTRO: Lead Break fade

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