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.