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