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.....