Universal Soldier Chords by Donovan
Tempo:
99 bpm
Chords used:
E
F#
B
G#m
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] [F#]
[E] He's five [F#] foot two [B] and he's six [G#m] feet four.
He [E] fights with [F#] missiles and [B] with spears.
He [E] is all of thirty [C#]-one and [B] he's only [G#m] seventeen.
[E] Been a soldier for a [G#m] thousand [C#m] years.
[F#] [E] He's a Catholic, [F#] a Hindu, [B] an atheist, [G#m] a Jain, [E] a Buddhist [F#] and a Baptist [B] and a Jew.
[E] And he knows he [F#] shouldn't kill [B] and he knows he [G#m] always will.
[E] Kill you for me, my friend, [G#m] and me [C#m] for you.
[F#] And [E] he's fighting for [F#] Canada, [B] he's fighting [G#m] for France, [E] he's fighting [F#] for the [B] USA.
[E] And he's fighting [F#] for the Russians [B] and he's fighting [G#m] for Japan.
[E] And he thinks we'll put an end [C#m] to war this way.
[B] [F#] And he's [E] fighting [C#] for democracy, [G#m] he's fighting for the Reds.
[E] He's set us [F#] for the peace [B] of all.
He [E] is the one who [F#] must decide [B] who's to live and [G#m] who's to die.
[E] And he never sees the [B] right thing [C#m] on the wall.
[B] [F#] [E] But without him, [F#] how would Hitler [B] have condemned him [G#m] at Dachau?
[E] Without him, [F#] Caesar would [B] have stood alone.
He is [E] the one [B] who gives [F#] his [B] body as a weapon of [G#m] the war.
[E] And without him, all this killing [B] [C#m] can't go on.
[F#] [E] He's a universal [F#] soldier and [B] he really [G#m] is to blame.
[E] His orders come [F#] from far away [B] no more.
They come [E] from here and there [D#m] and you [F#] and me.
[B] And brothers, [G#m] can't you see?
[E] This is not the way we put the [C#m] end to war.
[N]
[E] He's five [F#] foot two [B] and he's six [G#m] feet four.
He [E] fights with [F#] missiles and [B] with spears.
He [E] is all of thirty [C#]-one and [B] he's only [G#m] seventeen.
[E] Been a soldier for a [G#m] thousand [C#m] years.
[F#] [E] He's a Catholic, [F#] a Hindu, [B] an atheist, [G#m] a Jain, [E] a Buddhist [F#] and a Baptist [B] and a Jew.
[E] And he knows he [F#] shouldn't kill [B] and he knows he [G#m] always will.
[E] Kill you for me, my friend, [G#m] and me [C#m] for you.
[F#] And [E] he's fighting for [F#] Canada, [B] he's fighting [G#m] for France, [E] he's fighting [F#] for the [B] USA.
[E] And he's fighting [F#] for the Russians [B] and he's fighting [G#m] for Japan.
[E] And he thinks we'll put an end [C#m] to war this way.
[B] [F#] And he's [E] fighting [C#] for democracy, [G#m] he's fighting for the Reds.
[E] He's set us [F#] for the peace [B] of all.
He [E] is the one who [F#] must decide [B] who's to live and [G#m] who's to die.
[E] And he never sees the [B] right thing [C#m] on the wall.
[B] [F#] [E] But without him, [F#] how would Hitler [B] have condemned him [G#m] at Dachau?
[E] Without him, [F#] Caesar would [B] have stood alone.
He is [E] the one [B] who gives [F#] his [B] body as a weapon of [G#m] the war.
[E] And without him, all this killing [B] [C#m] can't go on.
[F#] [E] He's a universal [F#] soldier and [B] he really [G#m] is to blame.
[E] His orders come [F#] from far away [B] no more.
They come [E] from here and there [D#m] and you [F#] and me.
[B] And brothers, [G#m] can't you see?
[E] This is not the way we put the [C#m] end to war.
[N]
Key:Β Β
E
F#
B
G#m
C#m
E
F#
B
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] He's five [F#] foot two [B] and he's six [G#m] feet four.
He [E] fights with [F#] missiles and [B] with spears.
He [E] is all of thirty [C#]-one and [B] he's only [G#m] seventeen.
[E] Been a soldier for a [G#m] thousand [C#m] years.
[F#] _ [E] He's a Catholic, [F#] a Hindu, [B] an atheist, [G#m] a Jain, [E] a Buddhist [F#] and a Baptist [B] and a Jew.
_ [E] And he knows he [F#] shouldn't kill [B] and he knows he [G#m] always will.
[E] Kill you for me, my friend, [G#m] and me [C#m] for you.
_ [F#] And [E] he's fighting for [F#] Canada, [B] he's fighting [G#m] for France, [E] he's fighting [F#] for the [B] USA.
_ _ [E] And he's fighting [F#] for the Russians [B] and he's fighting [G#m] for Japan.
[E] And he thinks we'll put an end [C#m] to war this way.
[B] _ [F#] And he's [E] fighting [C#] for democracy, [G#m] he's fighting for the Reds.
[E] He's set us [F#] for the peace [B] of all.
He [E] is the one who [F#] must decide [B] who's to live and [G#m] who's to die.
[E] And he never sees the [B] right thing [C#m] on the wall.
[B] _ [F#] [E] But without him, [F#] how would Hitler [B] have condemned him [G#m] at Dachau?
[E] Without him, [F#] Caesar would [B] have stood alone.
He is [E] the one [B] who gives [F#] his [B] body as a weapon of [G#m] the war.
[E] And without him, all this killing [B] [C#m] can't go on.
[F#] _ [E] He's a universal [F#] soldier and [B] he really [G#m] is to blame.
[E] His orders come [F#] from far away [B] no more.
They come [E] from here and there [D#m] and you [F#] and me.
[B] And brothers, [G#m] can't you see?
_ [E] This is not the way we put the [C#m] end to war.
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] He's five [F#] foot two [B] and he's six [G#m] feet four.
He [E] fights with [F#] missiles and [B] with spears.
He [E] is all of thirty [C#]-one and [B] he's only [G#m] seventeen.
[E] Been a soldier for a [G#m] thousand [C#m] years.
[F#] _ [E] He's a Catholic, [F#] a Hindu, [B] an atheist, [G#m] a Jain, [E] a Buddhist [F#] and a Baptist [B] and a Jew.
_ [E] And he knows he [F#] shouldn't kill [B] and he knows he [G#m] always will.
[E] Kill you for me, my friend, [G#m] and me [C#m] for you.
_ [F#] And [E] he's fighting for [F#] Canada, [B] he's fighting [G#m] for France, [E] he's fighting [F#] for the [B] USA.
_ _ [E] And he's fighting [F#] for the Russians [B] and he's fighting [G#m] for Japan.
[E] And he thinks we'll put an end [C#m] to war this way.
[B] _ [F#] And he's [E] fighting [C#] for democracy, [G#m] he's fighting for the Reds.
[E] He's set us [F#] for the peace [B] of all.
He [E] is the one who [F#] must decide [B] who's to live and [G#m] who's to die.
[E] And he never sees the [B] right thing [C#m] on the wall.
[B] _ [F#] [E] But without him, [F#] how would Hitler [B] have condemned him [G#m] at Dachau?
[E] Without him, [F#] Caesar would [B] have stood alone.
He is [E] the one [B] who gives [F#] his [B] body as a weapon of [G#m] the war.
[E] And without him, all this killing [B] [C#m] can't go on.
[F#] _ [E] He's a universal [F#] soldier and [B] he really [G#m] is to blame.
[E] His orders come [F#] from far away [B] no more.
They come [E] from here and there [D#m] and you [F#] and me.
[B] And brothers, [G#m] can't you see?
_ [E] This is not the way we put the [C#m] end to war.
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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