Universal Soldier — Donovan
Chords and lyrics for Universal Soldier by Donovan (key of E).
Verse 1
He's [E]five foot [F#]two and he's [B]six feet [G#m]four
He [E]fights with [F#]missiles and with [B]spears
He's [E]all of [F#]thirty-one and he's [B]only [G#m]seventeen
He's been a [C#m]soldier for a thousand [F#]years
He's a [E]catholic, a [F#]hindu, an [B]atheist, a [G#m]jain,
A [E]buddhist and a [F#]baptist and a [B]jew
And he [E]knows he shouldn't [F#]kill
And he [B]knows he always [G#m]will
Kill you for [C#m]me, my friend and me for [F#]you
And he's [E]fighting for [F#]Canada, he's [B]fighting for [G#m]France
He's [E]fighting for the [F#][B]U.S.A.[B7]
He's [E]fighting for the [F#]Russians and he's [B]fighting for [G#m]Japan
And he [C#m]thinks we'll put an end to war this [F#]way
And he's [E]fighting for [F#]democracy, he's [B]fighting for the [G#m]reds
He [E]says it's for the [F#]peace of [B]all[B7]
He's the [E]one who must [F#]decide who's to [B]live and who's to [G#m]die
And he [C#m]never sees the writing on the [F#]wall
But [E]without him how would [F#]Hitler have [B]condemned him at [G#m]Dachau
[E]Without him Caesar [F#]would have stood [B]alone[B7]
He's the [E]one who gives his [F#]body as a [B]weapon of the [G#m]war
And [C#m]without him all this killing can't go [F#]on
He's the [E]universal [F#]soldier and he [B]really is to [G#m]blame
His [E]orders come from [F#]far away no [B]more
They come from [E]here and there and [C#m]you and me
And [B]brothers can't you [G#m]see
This is [C#m]not the way we put the end to war
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