Soldier of Fortune

(Blackmore/Coverdale)

This beautiful little piece of balladry appeared on the "Stormbringer" album in 1974, Mark III's last album. It remains one of the few numbers where we actually get a chance to hear Ritchie fiddle around on an acoustic guitar.

Key: Gm 

Intro: Gm / F / Eb
	GmI have often told you stories Fabout the way   Gm I lived the life of a drifter Dm  waiting for the day	  GmWhen I'd take your hand and sing you songs      FThen maybe you would sayGmCome lay with me and love meDm			Bass D-C-Bb	  And I would surely stay
Bb	 C		  Gm   Bass G-F-Eb	  But I feel I'm growing older	    F		     Bb	  And the songs that I have sung   D		Gm  Echo in the distance	     F	  Like the sound	Bb		Eb  Bass Eb-D  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
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 	  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  (major chord)    a soldier of fortune.
Transcription: Urban J. Desouza ([email protected])

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