DEEP PURPLE - "soldier of fortune" Tablature

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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
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D-|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A-|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E-|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
often told you stories about the way,


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


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


Gm Dm
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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_______

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