Intro: E|---------3-5-6/10---8h10p8-6-5h6p5-3-5-------8--6h8p6-5-----------6-5---------------| B|-------3-------------------------------------8------------8-5---------8-------------| G|-----3---------------------------------------9--------------------------------------| D|---5-----------------------------------------10-------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------10-------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------9--------------------------------------| 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 D C Bb 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 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 ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ E|-----------------------6-6b8-6b8---10-13-13b15-13b15----------------------| B|------6--6b8-6b8-----8---6b8-6b8---------13b15-13b15-----13b15r13-11-13---| G|--5b7----5b7-5b7----------------------------------------------------------| D|--5b7---------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| ~~ ~~ ~~ E|--------13-13b15-13b15--------------------------------------------------------------| B|--13b15----13b15-13b15---13b15r13-11-13b15-13b15---13b15r13-11-13---11-10-11-10-----| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------12--| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 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 D C Bb It shows that you're not here. Bb C Gm Now I feel I'm going older Eb F Bb And the songs that I have sung D Gm Echo in the distance F Like the sound Bb Eb D Of a windmill going round Cm Dm Guess I'll always be Gm A soldier of fortune. Eb F Yes, I can hear the sound Bb 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 a soldier of fortune. Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend r - bend release ~ - vibrato