Universal Soldier chords by
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Key: B major

Intro 1

A

F#m

B

B

Verse 1
A A 
 
B B 
 
He's five foot- two
E E 
 
C#m C#m 
 
and he's six feet- four
A A 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
He fights with missiles and with spears
A A 
 
B B 
 
He's all of thirty- one
E E 
 
C#m C#m 
 
and he's only seventeen
A A 
 
F#m F#m 
 
B B 
 
He's been a soldier for a thousand years

Verse 2
A A 
 
B B 
 
He's a Catholic, a Hindu,
E E 
 
C#m C#m 
 
an Atheist, a Jane
A A 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
A Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew
A A 
 
B B 
 
And he knows he shouldn't kill
E E 
 
C#m C#m 
 
And he knows he always will
A A 
 
F#m F#m 
 
B B 
 
Kill you for me my friend and me for you

Verse 3
A A 
 
B B 
 
And he's fighting for Canada
E E 
 
C#m C#m 
 
He's fighting for France
A A 
 
B B 
 
E E 
 
He's fighting for the U  SA
A A 
 
B B 
 
And he's fighting for the russians
E E 
 
C#m C#m 
 
And he's fighting for Japan
A A 
 
And he thinks we'll put
F#m F#m 
 
B B 
 
an end to war this way

Verse 4
A A 
 
B B 
 
And he's fighting for democracy
E E 
 
C#m C#m 
 
He's fighting for the Reds
A A 
 
B B 
 
He says it's for the peace
E E 
 
of all
A A 
 
B B 
 
He's the one who must decide
E E 
 
C#m C#m 
 
Who's to live and who's to die
A A 
 
And he never sees
F#m F#m 
 
B B 
 
the writing on the wall

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

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

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ChordsA F#m B E C#m

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