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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3[Intro] E||-----------3--5--6S--10----|--8h10p8-6--5h6p5-----5~-------| B||--------3------------------|-------------------8-----------| G||-----3---------------------|-------------------------------| D||--5------------------------|-------------------------------| A||---------------------------|-------------------------------| E||---------------------------|-------------------------------| C E|---8--6h8p6p-5----------------|--6p5------------------|| B|---8-----------8----5--8------|------8----------------|| G|---9--------------------------|--------------7--------|| D|--10--------------------------|-----------------------|| A|--10--------------------------|-----------------------|| E|---8--------------------------|-----------------------|| [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 D C Bb 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 D 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 E||-----------------------|------------------------6---|--6b8-----6b8~-------10--13---| B||--------------------6--|--6b8-----6b8~-------8------|--6b8-----6b8~----------------| G||----------------5b7----|--5b7-----5b7~--------------|------------------------------| D||----------------5b7----|----------------------------|------------------------------| A||-----------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------| E||-----------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------| E|--13b15-----13b15~---------------------|----------------------13---| B|--13b15-----13b15~---------13pbr--11---|--13~------------13b-------| G|---------------------------------------|---------------------------| D|---------------------------------------|---------------------------| A|---------------------------------------|---------------------------| E|---------------------------------------|---------------------------| E|--13b15-----13b15~--------------------|-------------------------------------| B|--13b15-----13b15~--------13pbr--11---|--13b15-----13b15~--------13b-13-11--| G|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|------------------------|| B|--13~------------11p-10h-11p-10-|------------------------|| G|--------------------------------|--12~-------------------|| D|--------------------------------|------------------------|| A|--------------------------------|------------------------|| E|--------------------------------|------------------------|| [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 D C Bb It shows that you're not here. [Chorus] Bb C Gm Now I feel I'm going older Eb F Bb And the songs that I have sung D Gm Echo in the distance F Like the sound Bb Eb D Of a windmill going round Cm Dm Guess I'll always be Gm A soldier of fortune. Eb F Yes, I can hear the sound Bb Eb D of a windmill going round Cm Dm I guess I'll always be Gm a soldier of fortune. Eb F I guess I'll always be G a soldier of fortune. Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull off b - bend r - release pb - preBend pbr - preBendRelease S - shift slide ~ - vibrato ★ for koki