Universal Soldier chords by
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Key: B major

Intro 1

Eb

Cm

F

F

Verse 1
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
He's five foot- two
Bb Bb 
 
Gm Gm 
 
and he's six feet- four
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
He fights with missiles and with spears
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
He's all of thirty- one
Bb Bb 
 
Gm Gm 
 
and he's only seventeen
Eb Eb 
 
Cm Cm 
 
F F 
 
He's been a soldier for a thousand years

Verse 2
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
He's a Catholic, a Hindu,
Bb Bb 
 
Gm Gm 
 
an Atheist, a Jane
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
A Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
And he knows he shouldn't kill
Bb Bb 
 
Gm Gm 
 
And he knows he always will
Eb Eb 
 
Cm Cm 
 
F F 
 
Kill you for me  my friend and me for you

Verse 3
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
And he's fighting for Canada
Bb Bb 
 
Gm Gm 
 
He's fighting for France
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
He's fighting for the U  SA
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
And he's fighting for the russians
Bb Bb 
 
Gm Gm 
 
And he's fighting for Japan
Eb Eb 
 
And he thinks we'll put
Cm Cm 
 
F F 
 
an end to war this way

Verse 4
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
And he's fighting for democracy
Bb Bb 
 
Gm Gm 
 
He's fighting for the Reds
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
He says it's for the peace
Bb Bb 
 
of all
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
He's the one who must decide
Bb Bb 
 
Gm Gm 
 
Who's to live and who's to die
Eb Eb 
 
And he never sees
Cm Cm 
 
F F 
 
the writing on the wall

Verse 5
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
But without him, how would Hitler
Bb Bb 
 
Gm Gm 
 
have condemned him at Liebau?
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Without him, Caesar would've stood alone
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
He's the one who gives his body
Bb Bb 
 
Gm Gm 
 
as a weapon of the war
Eb Eb 
 
And without him
Cm Cm 
 
F F 
 
all this killing can't go on

Bridge 1
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
He's the universal soldier
Bb Bb 
 
Gm Gm 
 
and he really is to blame
Eb Eb 
 
F F 
 
Bb Bb 
 
His orders come from far away no more
Eb Eb 
 
They come from here and there,
F F 
 
and you and me
Bb Bb 
 
Gm Gm 
 
And brothers, can't you see
Eb Eb 
 
Cm Cm 
 
This is not the way we put the end to war

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