Universal Soldier — Buffy Sainte-Marie
Chords and lyrics for Universal Soldier by Buffy Sainte-Marie (key of C).
Verse
[C]He's five [G]foot-two, and he's [C]six [Am]feet-four,
[F]He fights with [G]missiles and with [C]spears.
[F]He's all of [G]thirty-one, and he's [C]only [Am]seventeen,
Been a [F]soldier for a thousand [G]years.
[C]He'a a Catholic, a [G]Hindu, an [C]Atheist, a Jain,[Am]
[F]A Buddhist and a[G] Baptist and a [C]Jew.
And he [F]knows he shouldn't [G]kill,
And he [C]knows he always [Am]will,
[F]Kill you for me my friend and me for [G]you.
[C]And he's fighting for [G]Canada,
[C]He's fighting for [Am]France,
He's [F]fighting for the [C]USA,
And he's [F]fighting for the [G]Russians,
And he's[C] fighting for [Am]Japan,
And he [F]thinks we'll put an end to war this [G]way.
[C]And he's fighting for [G]Democracy,
[C]He's fighting for the [Am]Reds,
He [F]says it's for the peace of [G]all.
He's the [F]one who must [G]decide,
Who's to [C]live and who's to [Am]die,
And he [F]never sees the writing on the [G]wall.
[C]But without him,How would [G]Hitler
have [C]condemned him at [Am]Dachau?
[F]Without him Caesar would have stood [G]alone,
He's the [C]one who gives his [G]body
As a [C]weapon of the [Am]war,
And [F]without him all this killing can't go [G]on.
He's the[C] Universal [G]Soldier and he [C]really is to[Am] blame,
His [F]orders come from far away no [G]more,
They [C]come from here and [G]there and[C] you [Am]and me,
And [C]brothers can't you [Am]see,
This is [F]not the way we put the end to [G]war.
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