Sonora.ID – Lagu 'Soldier of Fortune' merupakan lagu yang dipopulerkan oleh Deep Purple.
Deep Purple sendiri kelompok hard rock Inggris Mereka dianggap sebagai pelopor heavy metal dan hard rock modern.
Lagu ini ditulis oleh (mantan) gitaris Deep Purple, Ritchie Blackmore bersama dengan vokalis band White Snake, David Coverdale yang dulunya mantan vokali Deep Purple.
Berikut ini lirik lagu dan chord gitar 'Soldier of Fortune' milik Deep Purple yang dirilis pada tahun 1974 silam.
[Intro]
Gm Dm C Gm
[Verse]
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
And I would surely stay
[Chorus]
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
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
[Verse]
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
It shows that you're not here.
[Chorus]
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
Of a windmill going round
Cm Dm
Guess I'll always be
Gm
A soldier of fortune.
Gm F
Yes, I can hear the sound
Bb Eb
of a windmill going round
Cm Dm
I guess I'll always be
Gm
a soldier of fortune.
Eb Dm7
I guess I'll always be
G
a soldier of fortune.