Guitar chords Soldier Of Fortune

The song Soldier of Fortune was written by David Coverdale and Ritchie Blackmore of the rock band Deep Purple. It was released on their Stormbringer album in 1974. The song reflects a sense of nostalgia and reflection on the life of a drifter, or someone who wanders without a set destination. The lyrics tackle themes of love, change, and a kind of resignation, symbolized by the soldier of fortune who accepts his fate of always being on the road, ... See more [+]

Key:  Gm
Introduction:
Gm
  
Dm
  
C
  
Gm
  
        
Gm
 
I have often told you stories
F
 
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
 
  And I would surely stay

Bb
       
C
                
Gm
 
  But I feel I'm growing older
Eb
          
F
                
Bb
 
And the songs that I have sung
 
D
            
Gm
 
Echo in the distance
           
F
 
Like the sound
      
Bb
              
Eb
 
Of a windmill going round
Cm
                
Dm
 
Guess I'll always be
              
Gm
 
A soldier of fortune.

Gm
   
C
   
Gm
   
C
 
Gm
   
Bb
   
C
   
Gm
 

      
Gm
 
Many times I've been a traveller
    
F
 
I looked for something new
            
Gm
 
In days of old when nights were cold
Dm
 
   I wandered without you
Gm
 
But those days I thought my eyes
F
 
Had seen you standing near
Gm
 
Though blindness is confusing
Dm
 
It shows that you're not here.

Bb
       
C
                
Gm
 
  But I feel I'm growing older
Eb
          
F
                
Bb
 
And the songs that I have sung
 
D
            
Gm
 
Echo in the distance
           
F
 
Like the sound
      
Bb
              
Eb
 
Of a windmill going round
Cm
                
Dm
 
Guess I'll always be
              
Gm
 
A soldier of fortune.
     
Gm
             
F
 
Yes, I can hear the sound
       
Bb
           
Eb
 
of a windmill going round
   
Cm
               
Dm
 
I guess I'll always be
              
Gm
 
a soldier of fortune.
   
Eb
               
Dm7
 
I guess I'll always be
              
G
 
a soldier of fortune.