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<H2>Soldier of Fortune</H2>

<H3>(Blackmore/Coverdale)</H3>

<H4>From "Stormbringer", 1974</H4>



<pre><font face="Courier">Intro</font></pre>

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<pre><font face="Courier">VERSE 1</font></pre>

<pre><font face="Courier">I HAVE OFTEN TOLD YOU STORIES</font></pre>

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<pre><font face="Courier">ABOUT THE WAY</font></pre>

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<pre><font face="Courier">I LIVED A LIFE O A DRIFTER</font></pre>

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<pre><font face="Courier">WAITING FOR THE DAY</font></pre>

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<pre><font face="Courier">VERSE 2</font></pre>

<pre><font face="Courier">WHEN I TAKE YOUR HAND AND SING YOU SONGS</font></pre>

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<pre><font face="Courier">THEN MAYBE YOU WOULD SAY</font></pre>

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<pre><font face="Courier">COME LAY WITH ME AND LOVE ME</font></pre>

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<pre><font face="Courier">AND I WOULD SURELY STAY</font></pre>

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<pre><font face="Courier">CHORUS</font></pre>

<pre><font face="Courier">BUT I FEEL I'M GROWING OLDER</font></pre>

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<pre><font face="Courier">AND THE SONGS THAT I HAVE SUNG</font></pre>

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<pre><font face="Courier">ECHO ROUND THE DISTANCE ….. LIKE THE SOUND</font></pre>

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<pre><font face="Courier">OF A WINDMILL GOING ROUND</font></pre>

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<pre><font face="Courier">GUESS I'LL ALWAYS BE A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE</font></pre>

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<pre><font face="Courier">FOLLOW VERSE 1 AND VERSE 2</font></pre>

<pre><font face="Courier">Many times I've been a traveler</font></pre>

<pre><font face="Courier">I looked for something new</font></pre>

<pre><font face="Courier">In days of old when nights were cold</font></pre>

<pre><font face="Courier">I wandered without you</font></pre>

<pre><font face="Courier">But those days I thought my eyes</font></pre>

<pre><font face="Courier">Had seen you standing near</font></pre>

<pre><font face="Courier">Though blindness is confusing</font></pre>

<pre><font face="Courier">It shows that you're not here.</font></pre>

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<pre><font face="Courier">CHORUS 2</font></pre>

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<pre><font face="Courier">Now I feel I'm going older</font></pre>

<pre><font face="Courier">And the songs that I have sung</font></pre>

<pre><font face="Courier">Echo in the distance</font></pre>

<pre><font face="Courier">Like the sound</font></pre>

<pre><font face="Courier">Of a windmill going round</font></pre>

<pre><font face="Courier">Guess I'll always be</font></pre>

<pre><font face="Courier">A soldier of fortune</font></pre>

<pre><font face="Courier">I CAN HERE THE SOUND OF A WINDMILL GOING ROUND</font></pre>

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<pre><font face="Courier">GUESS I'LL ALWAYS BE A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE</font></pre>

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<pre><font face="Courier">GUESS I'LL ALWAYS BE A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE</font></pre>

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<p>Transcripted by <a href="mailto:KOSM82@HOTMAIL.COM">Peter Kosmas&nbsp;</a></p>