The universal soldier
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Em C - Am - D
C D G - Em
1. 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,
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Am - D
`s been a soldier for a
thousand years.
C D G Em
2. 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,
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Am - D
kill you for me, my friend,
and me for you.
C D G Em
3. 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,
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Am - D
and he thinks we`ll put an end
to war this way.
C D G Em
4. 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
5. But without him how would Hitler, have condemned him at
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,
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Am - D
and without him all this
killing can`t go on.
C D G Em
6. 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.
(orig. = capo 1st) (Buffy
Sainte-Marie)