LEONARD

KEY: D

/ = single strum

INTRO: D  A  D

VERSE:
D                    G              D
When Leonard finally came to Califonia 
       G                D          A
He was twenty-one years old as I recall
   D                G                 D        
He loved to write a song and pick the guitar
       G              A               D
And he came to hang a gold one on the wall

    Bm                              G
The town in which he lived is not important
                           D                    A
But you'll know the town I mean by the time I'm thru
   Bm                        G
He soon became a famous entertainer
                  A             D
But Leonard was a name he never used

VERSE:
He was on his way to having what he wanted
Just about as close as one could be
Hey once he even followed Elvis Presley
And he wrote a lot of country songs for me

But he laid it all aside to follow Jesus 
For years he chose to let his music go
But preaching wasn't really meant for Leonard
But how in the hell was Leonard supposed to know

VERSE:
Well life began to twist it's way around him
And I wondered how he carried such a load
He came back again to try his luck in music
And lost his wife and family on the road

(Spoken):
Bm/                             G/
After that he seemed to bog down even deeper
      G/                 D/                    A/
And I saw what booze and pills could really do
      Bm/                                G/
And I wondered if I'd ever see him sober
         G           A                   D
But I forgot about a friend that Leonard knew

VERSE:
Well Leonard gave me lots of inspiration
He helped teach me how to write a country song
And he even brought around a bag of groceries
Hey back before Muskogee came along

Really I'm not trying to hide his show name
Or the town in which this episode began
Somehow I had to write a song for ol' Tommy
If just to see the smiling faces in the band

VERSE:
Well when Leonard finally came to Califonia 
He was twenty-one years old as I recall
And he loved to write a song and pick the guitar
       G/                 A/        
And he came to hang a gold one on the wall