Soldier of Fortune
(Blackmore/Coverdale)
From "Stormbringer, 1974
legend:
sl=slide
6b(8)=one tune bend
6b(8)(6)=one tune bend up and down
h=hammer-on
p=pull-off
4/4

Intro 1:
Gm Dm C Gm
e:|--------------3---|-----1-0--1-------|----------0-------|-----------------|
B:|----------3-------|------------3-----|-------1----1-----|----------3------|
G:|-----3------3-----|---2----------2---|-----0--------0---|-------3---------|
D:|---5---5--------0-|-0--------------0-|---2--------------|-----5-----------|
A:|------------------|------------------|-3----------------|---5-------------|
E:|-3----------------|------------------|----------------1-|-3---------------|

Intro 2:
Gm Dm C Gm
e:|-------3--5-6sl10-|-8p10h8-6--5p6h5---5-|--8-6p8h6h5-------|-6h5----------|
B:|-----3------------|-----------------8---|--8---------8-5-8-|-----8--------|
G:|---3--------------|---------------------|--9---------------|-------7------|
D:|-5----------------|---------------------|-10---------------|--------------|
A:|------------------|---------------------|------------------|--------------|
E:|------------------|---------------------|------------------|--------------|

Rhythm 1
Gm F Gm Dm end 2
e:|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------0--1-------||-------|
B:|-----3----3-------|-----1----1---1---|-----3----3------|-----3------3-----||-------|
G:|---3---3----3---3-|---2---2----2---2-|---3---3----3----|---2----------2---||-------|
D:|-5------------5---|-3----------------|-5------------5--|-0--------------0-||--0----|
A:|------------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------||-----3-|
E:|------------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------||-------|

Rhythm 2
Bb C Gm Eb F Bb D
e:|------------------|-------3----------|------------------|------------------|
B:|------------------|-----3----3-------|-------4------1-1-|-3-----3------3---|
G:|-----3--------5---|---3--------3---3-|-----3------2-----|-----3------2---2-|
D:|---3---3----5---5-|-5------------5---|---5------3-------|---3------0-------|
A:|-1--------3-------|------------------|-6----------------|------------------|
E:|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

Gm F Bb Eb Cm Dm Gm
e:|-------3--------5-|---------6-|------------3------|------------------|----------3--|
B:|-----3--------6---|-------6---|-------4-----------|-------4------3---|-------3-----|
G:|---3--------5-----|2:---7-----|4:-------3---------|-----5------2---2-|-----3-------|
D:|-5--------7-------|4:-8-------|4:---5-------------|---5------0-------|---5---------|
A:|------------------|-----------|---6------------5--|-3----------------|-------------|
E:|------------------|-----------|-------------------|------------------|-3-----------|

SOLO:

solo1
e:|--------------------|-3-6--6b(8)-6b(8)-|--3-6--6b(8)-6b(8)-|-8b(10)(8)-p-6-8-|
B:|-sl3-6--6b(8)-6b(8)-|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
G:|--------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
D:|--------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
A:|--------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
E:|--------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|

e:|-------8-8b(10) 8b(10)|-8b(10)(8)-p-8-8b(10)-8b(10)|-8b(10)(8)-p-8-8-|-6p5--6p5--3-|
B:|-8b(10)---------------|----------------------------|-----------------|-------------|
G:|----------------------|----------------------------|-----------------|-------------|
D:|----------------------|----------------------------|-----------------|-------------|
A:|----------------------|----------------------------|-----------------|-------------|
E:|----------------------|----------------------------|-----------------|-------------|

solo2
e:|-------------------|------------------|--------13-13b(15)-13b(15)|---------------------|
B:|-------------------|-3-6--6b(8)-6b(8)-|-13b(15)------------------|-13b(15)(13)-p-11-13-|
G:|--3-5--5b(7)-5b(7)-|------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
D:|-------------------|------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
A:|-------------------|------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
E:|-------------------|------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|

e:|--------13-13b(15)-13b(15)|---------------------------------|---------------------|---------------|
B:|-13b(15)------------------|-13b(15)(13)-p-11-13b(15)-13b(15)|-13b(15)(13)-p-11-13-|-11p10-11p10-8-|
G:|--------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------|---------------|
D:|--------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------|---------------|
A:|--------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------|---------------|
E:|--------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------|---------------|


Rhythm 3
Gm F Bb Eb Cm Dm Gm
e:|-------3--------5-|---------6-|------------3------|------------------|----------3--|
B:|-----3--------6---|-------6---|-------4-----------|-------4------3---|-------3-----|
G:|---3--------5-----|2:---7-----|4:-------3---------|-----5------2---2-|-----3-------|
D:|-5--------7-------|4:-8-------|4:---5-------------|---5------0-------|---5---------|
A:|------------------|-----------|---6------------5--|-3----------------|-------------|
E:|------------------|-----------|-------------------|------------------|-3-----------|

Eb Dm G
e:|--3---1---3--|
B:|--4---3---3--|
G:|--3---2---4--|
D:|--5---0---5--|
A:|--6-------5--|
E:|----------3--|


The Order & The Lyrics:
Soldier of Fortune:

-Intro 1 with Intro 2

-Rhythm 1
I have often told you stories about the way
I lived the life of a drifter
Waiting for the day

-Rhythm 1 with end 2
When I''d take your hand and sing you songs
Then maybe you would say
Come lay with the and love me. I would surely stay

-Rhythm 2
But I feel I''m growing older, And the songs that I have sung
Echo in the distance, like the sound, of a windmill goin''round
I guess I''ll always be a soldier of fortune

-SOLO(solo1 with solo2): Gm - C - Gm - C - Gm - Bb - C - Gm

-Rhythm 1
Many times I''ve been a traveler, I looked for something new
Those days of old when night were cold, I wander without you

-Rhythm 1 with end 2
Those days I thought my eyes had seen you standing me
Tho'' blindness is confusing, It shows that you''re not here

-Rhythm 2
But I feel I''m growing older, And the songs that I have sung
Echo in the distance, like the sound, of a windmill goin''round
I guess I''ll always be a soldier of fortune

-Rhythm 3
I can hear the sound of a windmill goin''round
I guess I''ll always be a soldier of fortune
I guess I''ll always be a soldier of fortune