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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_______