Soldier of Fortune

(Blackmore/Coverdale)

'Stormbringer' (1974)

Intro: Gm / F / Eb

I have often told you stories

I have often told you stories

about the way

I lived the life of a drifter

waiting for the day

When I'd take your hand and sing you songs

Then maybe you would say

Come lay with me and love me

Dm Bass D-C-Bb

And I would surely stay

Bb C Gm Bass G-F-Eb

But I feel I'm growing older

And the songs that I have sung

Echo in the distance

Like the sound

Bb Eb Bass Eb-D

Of a windmill going round

Guess I'll always be

A soldier of fortune.

Solo: Gm / C / Gm / C /

Gm / Bb / C / Gm

Many times I've been a traveller

I looked for something new

In days of old when nights were cold

I wandered without you

But those days I thought my eyes

Had seen you standing near

Though blindness is confusing

It shows that you're not here.

Now I feel I'm going older

And the songs that I have sung

Echo in the distance

Like the sound

Of a windmill going round

Guess I'll always be

A soldier of fortune

Yes, I can hear the sound

Bb Eb Bass Eb-D

of a windmill going round

I guess I'll always be

a soldier of fortune.

I guess I'll always be

G (major chord)

a soldier of foRtune.