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Soldier of Fortune

(Blackmore/Coverdale)

From "Stormbringer", 1974

          Am                          G
I have often told you stories about the way                             
    Am                           Em 
I lived the life of a drifter, waiting for the day 
             Am                                                         G  
When I take your hand and sing your songs, then maybe you would say Am                                                
Em 
Come lay with me and love me, and I would surly stay 
    C          D                        Am 
                 But I feel I'm growing older 
                           G                      C 
                 And the songs that I have sung 
                 E                Am 
                 Echo in the distance 
                              G               C                    F 
                 Like the sound of a windmill going round 
                   Dm                    Em                  Am 
                 I guess I'll always be a soldier of fortune 
  
Many times I've been a traveler who looked for something new   
In days of old when nights were cold I wandered without you   
Those days I thought my eyes have seen you standing near   
´Though blindness is confusing it shows that you're not here 
C          D                       Am 
                 And I feel I'm growing older 
                           G                      C 
                 And the songs that I have sung 
                 E                Am 
                 Echo in the distance 
                              G              C                     F 
                 Like the sound of a windmill going round 
                   Dm                     Em                Am 
                 I guess I'll always be a soldier of fortune 
                 C                 G               C                    F 
                 I can hear the sound of a windmill going round 
                   Dm                     Em                 Am 
                 I guess I'll always be a soldier of fortune 
                   Dm                     Em                 A 
                 I guess I'll always be a soldier of fortune 

Matthias Freund