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