G#m I have often told you stories F# About the way G#m I lived the life of a drifter F# Waiting for the day G#m When I take your hand and sing your song F# Then maybe you would say G#m Come lay with me love me F# And I would surely stay Chorus: E F# G#m But I feel Iʼm going older E F# A And the songs that I have sung D G#m Echo in the distance F# D E Like the sound of a windmill going ʼround C#m D#m G#m I guess I always be a soldier of fortune G#m Many times Iʼve been a traveller F# I looked for something new G#m In days of old when nights were cold F# I wondered without you G#m Those day I thought my eyes F# Had seen you standing near G#m Though blindness is confusing F# It shows that youʼre not here Chorus: E F# G#m Now I feel Iʼm going older E F# A And the songs that I have sung D G#m Echo in the distance F# D E Like the sound of a windmill going ʼround C#m D#m G#m I guess I always be a soldier of fortune F# D E Yes, I can hear the sound of a windmill going round C#m D#m G#m I guess Iʼll always be a soldier of fortune. C#m D#m G#m I guess Iʼll always be a soldier of fortune.