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Capo I **
C D G Em  C G D
He's Cfive feet Dtwo and he's Gsix feet Emfour
He Cfights with Dmissiles and with Gspears
He's Call of thirty-Done, and he's Gonly sevenEmteen
He's been a Csoldier for a Amthousand Dyears
He's a CCatholic, a DHindu, an Gatheist, a EmJain
A CBuddhist and a DBaptist and a GJew
And he Cknows he shouldn't Dkill, and he Gknows he always Emwill kill
You for Cme my friend and Amme for Dyou
And he's Cfighting for DCanada, he's Gfighting for EmFrance,
He's Cfighting for the DUSGA
And he's Cfighting for the DRussians, and he's Gfighting for JaEmpan
And he Cthinks we'll put an Amend to war this Dway
And he's Cfighting for Ddemocracy he's Gfighting for the Emreds,
He Csays it's for the Dpeace of Gall
He's the Cone who must deDcide, who's to Glive and who's to Emdie
And he Cnever sees the Amwriting on the Dwalls
But withCout him how would DHitler have conGdemned them at DacEmhau
WithCout him Caesar Dwould have stood aGlone
He's the Cone who gives his Dbody, as the Gweapon to the Emwar
And withCout him all this Amkilling can't go Don
He's the Cuniversal Dsoldier and he Greally is to Emblame
But his Corders come from Dfar away no Gmore
They come from Chim and you and Dme, and Gbrothers can't you Emsee
This is Cnot the way we Amput an end to Dwar.
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  C= D  
  D= E  
  G= A  
 Em= F#m  
 Am= Bm  
  C= G  
  D= A  
  G= D  
 Em= Bm  
 Am= Em  

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Universal Soldier

by Buffy Sainte-Marie

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

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Universal Soldier chords

Capo I **

C D G Em C G D

C D G Em

He's five feet two and he's six feet four

C D G

He fights with missiles and with spears

C D G Em

He's all of thirty-one, and he's only seventeen

C Am D

He's been a soldier for a thousand years

C D G Em

He's a Catholic, a Hindu, an 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 kill

C Am D

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 them at Dachau

C D G

Without him Caesar would have stood alone

C D G Em

He's the one who gives his body, as the 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 G Em

They come from him and you and me, and brothers can't you see

C Am D

This is not the way we put an end to war.

Open (These chords are not in the original key)

C D

D E

G A

Em F#m

Am Bm

C G

D A

G D

Em Bm

Am Em

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