Soldier of Fortune
(Blackmore/Coverdale)
From "Stormbringer", 1974
Key: Gm
Intro:
Gm
C
E|---------3-5/6/10-8-h10-8-----------------8------------------------------
B|-------3-----------------11-h13-11--------8-11-h13-11------------11-10---
G|-----3----------------------------12-14---9----------14-12-10-12-------12
D|---5-------------------------------------10------------------------------
A|-----------------------------------------10------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Verse:
Gm
F[with e]
Gm
Dm
E|---------3----------------5--------------3-------------------------------
B|-------3---3------------6---6----------3---3-------------5-h6------------
G|-----3-------3--------5-------5------3-------3---------7-----7-----------
D|---5-----------5----7-----------7--5-----------5-----7---------7---------
A|------------------8------------------------------5-5-------------5-------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gm
F
Gm
Dm
Bb
E|---------3----------------1---------------3------------------------------
B|-------3---3------------1---1-----------3---3-------------5-h6-----------
G|-----3-------3--------2-------2-------3-------3---------7-----7----------
D|---5-----------5----3-----------3---5-----------5-----7---------7--------
A|---------------------------------------------------5-------------5-------
E|-3----------------1---------------3--------------------------------8-----
Gm
I have often told you stories
F [with e]
about the way
Gm
I lived the life of a drifter
Dm
waiting for the day
Gm
When I'd take your hand and sing you songs
F
Then maybe you would say
Gm
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
Eb
F
Bb
And the songs that I have sung
D
Gm
Echo in the distance
F[with e ?]
Like the sound
Bb
Eb
Bass Eb-D-C
Of a windmill going round
Cm
Dm
Guess I'll always be
Gm
A soldier of fortune.
Solo: Gm / C / Gm / C /Gm / Bb / C / Gm
E|-------------------6-/8-8---/10--13-/15-15---10-\8-\6-/8----------
B|------6-/8-8---/8--6-/8-8---/10--13-/15-15---10-\8-\6-/8----------
G|--/7--5-/7-7---/7-------------------------------------------------
D|--/7--------------------------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-/10--13-/15-15---10-\8-\6-/10-10----10-\8-\6-/8------------------
B|-/10--13-/15-15---10-\8-\6-/10-10----10-\8-\6-/8---11-10-11-10----
G|---------------------------------------------------------------12-
D|------------------------------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------------
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
Eb
F
Yes, I can hear the sound
Bb
Eb
Bass Eb-D-C
of a windmill going round
Cm
Dm
I guess I'll always be
Gm
a soldier of fortune.
Eb
F
I guess I'll always be
G
a soldier of fortune.
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h - hammer on
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
