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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3Tune down a whole step or transpose -2 for original key. [Verse] Am G I have often told you stories about the way Am Em I lived the life of a drifter, waiting for the day Am G When I take your hand and sing your songs then maybe you would say Am Em Come lay with me and love me and I would surely stay [Chorus] C D Am But I feel I'm growing older F G C And the songs that I have sung E Am Echo in the distance G C F Like the sound of a windmill going round Dm Em Am I guess I'll always be a soldier of fortune [Verse] Am G Many times I've been a traveller who looked for something new Am Em In days of old when nights were cold I wandered without you Am G Those days I thought my eyes have seen you standing near Am Em Though blindness is confusing, it shows that you're not here [Chorus] C D Am But I feel I'm growing older F G C And the songs that I have sung E Am Echo in the distance G C F Like the sound of a windmill going round Dm Em Am I guess I'll always be a soldier of fortune [Outro] C G C F I can hear the sound of a windmill going round Dm Em Am I guess I'll always be a soldier of fortune Dm Em A I guess I'll always be a soldier of fortune