Soldier of fortune    (intro) (midi)  (sample)

               Am                                G

1. I have often told you stories about the way,

      Am                                  Em

    I lived the life of a drifter, waiting for the day

                  Am                  

    when I'd take your hand and sing you songs,

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    then maybe you would say:

               Am                                         Em

    Come lay with me and love me, and  I   would surely stay.

Em-D-C            D                       Am

               But I feel I'm growing older,

F                  G                         C     Em              Am

     and the songs that I have sung echo in the distance,

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like the sound of a windmill going round.

  Dm                    Em                   Am

Guess I'll always be a soldier of fortune.

              Am                                         G

2. Many times I've been a traveller, I looked for something new,

        Am                                                 - Em

    in days of old when nights were cold          I wandered without you.

Am                                                             G

    But those days I thought my eyes had seen you standing near,

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    though blindness is confusing, it shows that you're not here.

                               C                       G               C                    F

+ CHORUS + Yes, 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                  Am

    I guess I'll always be a soldier of fortune.

 

    (Deep Purple)