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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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