Soldier of Fortune - by Deep Purple (from the album "Stormbringer")
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transcribed by Mark Lautizar (lautizar@bigpond.com)


Tempo = 65 bpm

INTRO
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    Gm                Dm                C                 Gm
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

  (no chord)
G-|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|
A-|-----------------|
E-|-----------------|

              I  have

VERSE 1
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    Gm                                 F
G-|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D-|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A-|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
   often told you  stories            about  the  way,


   Gm                                 Dm
G-|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D-|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A-|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
   I lived the life of a drifter      waiting for the day.       When I


    Gm                                 F
G-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
   take your hand and sing you songs  then maybe you will say,


    Gm                                 Dm
G-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A-|----------------------------------|--------------------------5---3---|
E-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
    Come lay with me and love me       and I would surely stay.


CHORUS
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    Bb               C                 Gm
G-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A-|-1----------------3-3-------------|----------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------|-3----------------3-3--3----------|
	   But  I   feel I'm growing   older.


    Eb               F                 Bb               Dm
G-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D-|-1----------------3-3-------------|----------------------------------|
A-|----------------------------------|-1----------------5---------------|
E-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
	   And the songs that I have    sung______      echo   in   the


    Gm               F                 Bb               Eb
G-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D-|-5----------------3-3-------------|------------------1------------0--|
A-|----------------------------------|-1--------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
   distance like the sound     of a    windmill going 'round


   Cm                Dm                Gm
G-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A-|-3----------------5---------------|----------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------|-3----------------3-3----3--------|
   guess I'll always be a soldier of  fortune



SOLO
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   Gm                 C                 Gm                C
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-5-------5-5-5---|-----------------|
A-|-----------------|-3-------3-3-3---|-----------------|-3-------3-3-3---|
E-|-3-------3-3-3---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


    Gm                Bb                C                 Gm
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|-5-------5-5-5---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A-|-----------------|-1-------1-1-1---|-3-------3-3-3---|-----------------|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-3-3---|



VERSE 2
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    Gm					F
G-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E-|-3----------------3--3--3---------|-1----------------1---1---1-------|
Many times I've been a traveller___ I  looked   for   something new


    Gm					Dm
G-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A-|----------------------------------|-5----------------5---5---5-------|
E-|-3----------------3--3--3---------|----------------------------------|
 In days of old when nights were cold, 	    I wandered without you


    Gm					F
G-|----------------------------------|-----------------|----------------|
D-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E-|-3----------------3--3--3---------|-1----------------1---1---1-------|
    Those days I thought my eyes had   seen you standing near



    Gm					Dm
G-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A-|----------------------------------|-5----------------5---5---5---5--3|
E-|-3----------------3--3--3---------|----------------------------------|
     Though blindness is confusing	it shows that your not here


CHORUS
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    Bb               C                 Gm
G-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A-|-1----------------3-3-------------|----------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------|-3----------------3-3--3----------|
	   But  I   feel I'm growing   older.

    Eb               F                 Bb               Dm
G-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D-|-1----------------3-3-------------|----------------------------------|
A-|----------------------------------|-1----------------5---------------|
E-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
	   And the songs that I have  sung______       echo   in   the

    Gm               F                 Bb               Eb
G-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D-|-5----------------3-3-------------|------------------1------------0--|
A-|----------------------------------|-1--------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
   distance like the sound     of a    windmill going 'round

   Cm                Dm                Gm
G-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A-|-3----------------5---------------|----------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------|-3----------------3-3----3--------|
   guess I'll always be a soldier of  fortune


    Gm               F                 Bb               Eb
G-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D-|-5----------------3-3-------------|------------------1------------0--|
A-|----------------------------------|-1--------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
    I can hear  the  sound       of a  windmill going 'round

   Cm                Dm                Gm
G-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A-|-3----------------5---------------|----------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------|-3----------------3-3----3--------|
   guess I'll always be a soldier of  fortune

   Cm                 Dm                Gm
G-|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------------------|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------------------|
A-|-3---------------|-5---------------|----------------------------------|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-3--------------------------------|
   guess I'll always  be  a soldier of fortune_______