{comment:Intro:}
[G] [G] [Am]
[G] [G] [Am]
[F] [F] [G]
[G] [G] [Am]


{comment:1. verse}


[G] [G] [Am]______Sweet Child in time
[G] [G] [Am]______You'll see the line
[F] [F] [G]______The line that's drawn between
[G] [G] [Am]______The good and the bad
[G] [G] [Am]______See the blind man
[G] [G] [Am]______Shooting at the world
[F] [F] [G]______Bullets flying
[G] [G] [Am]______Taking toll

[G] [G] [Am]______If you've been bad,
[G] [G] [Am]______Lord I bet you have
[F] [F] [G]______And you've not been hit
[G] [G] [Am]______By flying lead
[G] [G] [Am]______You'd better close your eyes
[G] [G] [Am]______And bow your head
[F] [F] [G]

[G] [G] [Am]______Wait for the ricochet


{comment:Same chord sequence repeated with the infamous screams over}


{comment:Instrumental passage}


{comment:2. verse:}
Sweet child in time you'll see the line
The line that's drawn between the good and the bad
See the blind man shooting at the world
Bullets flying taking toll
If you've been bad, Lord I bet you have
And you've not been hit by flying lead
You'd better close your eyes and bow your head
And wait for the ricochet

[Bm]If you're leaving, close the door.
[A]I'm not expecting people [Bm]anymore.
[Bm]Hear me greaving, lying on the floor.
[A7]Whether I'm drunk or dead I [Bm]really ain't too sure.

[Bm]I'm a blind man,[D] I'm a blind man.
[G]And my world is [Em]pale.
[Bm]When a blind man cries,
[D]Lord you know [G]there ain't no sadder [Bm]tale.

[Bm]Had a friend once, in a room.
[A]Had a good time, but it ended much to soon.
[Bm]In a cold month, in that room.
[A7]Found a reason for the [Bm]things we had to do.

[Bm]I'm a blind, I'm[D] a blind man.
[G]Now my world is [Em]cold.
[Bm]When a blind man cries,
[D]Lord you know he [G]feels it from his [Bm]soul

[G]We all came down to Montreux
on the Lake Ge[F]neva [G]shoreline
[G]To make records with the mobile
We didn't [F]have much [G]time
[G]Frank Zappa and the mothers
were at the best [F]place a[G]round
[G]But some stupid with a flare-gun
burned the place [F]to the [G]ground

[C]Smoke on the [Ab]water
[G]a fire in the sky
[C]Smoke on the [Ab]water

They burned down the gambling house
it died with an awful sound
A funky claude was running in and out
pulling kids out the ground
When it all was over
we had to find another place
But Swiss time was running out
it seemed that we would lose the race

Smoke on the water
a fire in the sky
Smoke on the water

We ended up at the Grand Hotel
it was empty cold and bare
But with the rolling truck stones thing outside
making our music there
With a few red lights and a few old beds
we made a place to sweat
No matter what we get out of this
I know well never forget

Smoke on the water
a fire in the sky
Smoke on the water

{c:Key: Gm}

{c:Intro: Gm / F / Eb}

I have o[Gm]ften told you stories
[F]about the way
I l[Gm]ived the life of a drifter
[Dm]  waiting for the day
When I'd t[Gm]ake your hand and sing you songs
Then m[F]aybe you would say
[Gm]Come lay with me and love me
[Dm]  And I would surely stay[D]  [C]  [Bb]


[Bb]  But I f[C]eel I'm growing o[Gm]lder[G]  [F]  [Eb]
  And the so[F]ngs that I have s[Bb]ung
  E[D]cho in the di[Gm]stance
  Like the so[F]und
  Of a w[Bb]indmill going ro[Eb]und[Eb]  [D]
  [Cm]Guess I'll always [Dm]be
  A soldier of f[Gm]ortune.

{c:Solo:  Gm / C / Gm / C /}
{c:       Gm / Bb / C / Gm}


Many times I've been a traveller
I looked for something new
In days of old when nights were cold
I wandered without you
But those days I thought my eyes
Had seen you standing near
Though blindness is confusing
It shows that you're not here.

  Now I feel I'm going older
  And the songs that I have sung
  Echo in the distance
  Like the sound
  Of a windmill going round
  Guess I'll always be
  A soldier of fortune

  Yes, [Eb]I can hear the [F]sound
  of a wi[Bb]ndmill going [Eb]round[Eb]  [D]
  I g[Cm]uess I'll always [Dm]be
  a soldier of f[Gm]ortune.
  I g[Eb]uess I'll a[F]lways be
  a soldier of f[G]oRtune.