[Intro]
Gm   Dm   C  Gm
[Strophe]
        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
[Refrain]
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
[Strophe]
      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.
[Refrain]
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.