Universal Soldier chords by
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Key: B major

Intro 1

Ab

Fm

Bb

Bb

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

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

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

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

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

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

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