Universal Soldier

D A D F#m E

D

     D         E            A        F#m
He's five foot two and he's six feet four
   D           E                 A
He fights with missiles and with spears
     D             E            A         F#m
He's all of thirty-one and he's only seventeen
            Bm            D        E
He's been a soldier for a thousand years
       D           E         A          F#m
He's a Catholic, a Hindu, an atheist, a Jain,
  D              E             A
A Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew
       D                  E
And he knows he shouldn't kill
       A               F#m
And he knows he always will
             Bm                D      E
Kill you for me, my friend and me for you

         D            E            A            F#m
And he's fighting for Canada, he's fighting for France
     D                E   A A7
He's fighting for the U.S.A.
     D                E                 A              F#m
He's fighting for the Russians and he's fighting for Japan
       Bm                  D               E
And he thinks we'll put an end to war this way
         D              E             A                F#m
And he's fighting for democracy, he's fighting for the reds
   D                 E        A  A7
He says it's for the peace of all
         D              E             A                 F#m
He's the one who must decide who's to live and who's to die
       Bm             D              E
And he never sees the writing on the wall

        D                 E              A               F#m
But without him how would Hitler have condemned him at Dachau
    D              E                 A  A7
Without him Caesar would have stood alone
         D                 E         A             F#m
He's the one who gives his body as a weapon of the war
        Bm               D                E
And without him all this killing can't go on

         D         E              A            F#m
He's the universal soldier and he really is to blame
    D                E           A
His orders come from far away no more
               D                  E
They come from here and there and you and me
    A                  F#m
And brothers can't you see
        Bm             D              E
This is not the way we put the end to war


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Universal Soldier chords (version 2)
Donovan

E B E B F#

E

     E         F#           B        G#m
He's five foot two and he's six feet four
   E           F#                B
He fights with missiles and with spears
     E             F#           B         G#m
He's all of thirty-one and he's only seventeen
            C#m                    F#
He's been a soldier for a thousand years
       E           F#        B          G#m
He's a Catholic, a Hindu, an atheist, a Jain,
  E              F#            B
A Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew
       E                  F#
And he knows he shouldn't kill
       B               G#m
And he knows he always will
             C#m                      F#
Kill you for me, my friend and me for you

         E            F#           B            G#m
And he's fighting for Canada, he's fighting for France
     E                F#  B B7
He's fighting for the U.S.A.
     E                F#                B            G#m
He's fighting for the Russians and he's fighting for Japan
       C#m                                 F#
And he thinks we'll put an end to war this way
         E              F#            B                G#m
And he's fighting for democracy, he's fighting for the reds
   E                 F#       B  B7
He says it's for the peace of all
         E              F#            B                 G#m
He's the one who must decide who's to live and who's to die
       C#m                           F#
And he never sees the writing on the wall

        E                 F#             B               G#m
But without him how would Hitler have condemned him at Dachau
    E              F#                 B B7
Without him Caesar would have stood alone
         E                 F#        B             G#m
He's the one who gives his body as a weapon of the war
        C#m                               F#
And without him all this killing can't go on
         E         F#             B            G#m
He's the universal soldier and he really is to blame
    E                F#          B
His orders come from far away no more

               E                  F#m
They come from here and there and you and me
    B                  G#m
And brothers can't you see
        C#m                           F#
This is not the way we put the end to war