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Soldier of Fortune

(Blackmore/Coverdale)

From "Stormbringer", 1974

Intro...
G.....D....C.....G

Verse....
G                                      F                    G                
                 
I have often told you stories about the way I lived the life of a drifter,

D                                      G                                     
                        F  
waiting for the day, when I'd take your hand and sing you songs,___then maybe
you

would say,


          G                                         D                        
   D,C,Bb                
"Come lay with me and love me" and I would surely stay.



Chorus....
              C                     G              G,F,Eb
But now I feel I'm growing older,___

                F                       Bb     D              G              
       F              Bb
and all the songs that I have sung echo in the distance like the sound of a
windmill

        Eb         Eb,D,C                               D                  G 
going round._____          I guess I'll always be a solder of fortune.____

Solo......
Gm......Dm.....Cm.......Gm.....(2x)
(You then repeat the verse and end up at the the chorus which leads to the
ending)

Ending.....
                     F             Bb                Eb
I can hear the sound of a winmill going round'._____

  C                      D                     G
I guess I'll always be a solder of fortune,___


(rit.)
  Eb                    D                    G
I guess I'll always be a Solder Of  Fortune._______

Notes: This my favorite ballad of all time....by my favorite band of all
time!!!
the G chord has an A# instead of a B, so don't forget that.....

Erik