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The Leader Trilogy

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Christopher John Davison (born 15 October 1948), known professionally as Chris de Burgh, is a British-Irish singer-songwriter and instrumentalist. He started out as an art rock performer but subsequently started writing more pop-oriented material. He has had several top 40 hits in the UK and two in the US, but he is more popular in other countries, particularly Norway and Brazil. His 1986 love song "The Lady in Red" reached number one in several countries. De Burgh has sold over 45 million albums worldwide.

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Chris de Burgh - The Leader Trilogy

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## As the name implies, this song is divided into three parts, ##
## namely, 'The Leader', 'The Vision' and 'What About Me?' ##

CAPO: 5th Fret

PART THE 1st: 'The Leader'

INTRO: Am F Em F G Am Em7 F

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,
F
Left me blinded by the light,
G Am
And it started right in front of my eyes...

PART THE 2nd: 'The Vision'

INTRO: Am

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

Yeah yeah yeh

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,)
C
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

Lead Break: G Am G Am G F C G Am F Em F C G C Em F G

C
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?'

INTRO: Am Em G C

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...

N.C. C D Em D Em E
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