Song For Duke

	  		                       C 
I didn’t even know the man 
                  Dm 
I didn’t know the man himself 
                      G 
Even though his music filled my life 
                   C 
As it has so many others 

                             C 
I knew that he had died that week 
                       Dm 
After fighting death a year or more 
                G 
But I had had a rule before 
                                 C 
That funerals were a waste of flowers 

                     Am 
But something said I had to go 
                       Em 
To be a witness to his gift of love 
                          F 
A man who never once gave up on life 
            Dm              G 
Until death took him in its tracks 

                            C 
The people stood around the church 
                               Dm 
Ten thousand people there they say or more 
                    G 
Black and white and rich and poor 
                                    C 
Together they were there to say farewell 

                                    C 
In New York City it had rained that day 
                                Dm 
The streets were silver and the sky was gray 
                        G 
In the church the music sailed and sang 
                                        C 
And seemed to fill the air with shining sun 

              Am 
The man was a hero 
                    Em 
He played the music of our souls 
                    F 
He knew that we all have in us 
              Dm            G 
A place where beauty always grows 

                       C 
Outside in the streets again 
                                Dm 
The people wandered through the falling rain 
                           G 
They waved their hands and dried their tears 
                                    C 
And turned to go about their lives again 

                           C 
But none of us will be the same 
                          Dm 
If we hear the things his music says 
                   G 
That loving is the gift of life 
                                C 
And making music was his way of love 

              Am 
The man was a hero 
                  Em 
He sang the music of our souls 
                    F 
He knew that we all have in us 
              Dm            G 
A place where beauty always grows 
        C 
Always grows