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The Universal Soldier

Key: G

Introduction:  C   D   Bm   Em   C   Am   D  

                       C                 D                       G                       Em 
        He is five feet two, and he`s six feet four,
                 C                     D                                   G 
        he fights with missiles and with spears.
                     C                         D                         G               Em 
        He is all of thirty-one, and he`s only seventeen,
                                 C                                         Am       D 
          `s been a soldier for a thousand years.
                         C                   D                   G                 Em 
        He`s a Catholic, a Hindu, and atheist, a Jain,
               C                             D                         G 
        a Buddhist, and a Baptist, and a Jew.
                           C                               D                         G                         Em 
        And he knows he shouldn`t kill, and he knows he always will,
                                   C                                               Am     D 
        kill you for me, my friend, and me for you.
                               C                     D                       G                     Em 
        And he`s fighting for Canada, he`s fighting for France,
                   C                               D  G 
        he`s fighting for the USA.
                             C                               D                                 G                         Em 
        And he`s fighting for the Russians, and he`s fighting for Japan,
                         C                                                                 Am     D 
        and he thinks we`ll put an end to war this way.
                           C                             D                       G                               Em 
        And he`s fighting for democracy, he`s fighting for the Reds,
                 C                                   D             G 
        he says, it`s for the peace of all.
                             C                         D                           G                               Em 
        He`s the one who must decide,   who`s to live and who`s to die,
                       C                                                       Am         D 
        and he never sees the writing on the walls.
                         C                                 D                             G                             Em 
        But without him how would Hitler, have condemned him at Dachau,
                 C                             D                               G 
        without him Caesar would have stood alone.
                             C                               D                 Bm                     Em 
        He`s the one who gives his body as a weapon to the war,
                         C                                                               Am   D 
        and without him all this killing can`t go on.
                           C                 D                           G                     Em 
        He`s the universal soldier and he really is to blame,
                           C                             D                       G 
        but his orders come from far away no more,
                                         C                               D 
        they come from here, and you and me,
                 Bm                               Em 
        and brothers can`t you see,
                           C                                               Am 
        this is not a way we put an end to war.

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