Universal Soldier chords by
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Key: B major
Intro 1
Bb
Bb

Gm
Gm

C
C

C
C

Verse 1
Bb
Bb

C
C

He's five foot- two
F
F

Dm
Dm

and he's six feet- four
Bb
Bb

C
C

F
F

He fights with missiles and with spears
Bb
Bb

C
C

He's all of thirty- one
F
F

Dm
Dm

and he's only seventeen
Bb
Bb

Gm
Gm

C
C

He's been a soldier for a thousand years
Verse 2
Bb
Bb

C
C

He's a Catholic, a Hindu,
F
F

Dm
Dm

an Atheist, a Jane
Bb
Bb

C
C

F
F

A Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew
Bb
Bb

C
C

And he knows he shouldn't kill
F
F

Dm
Dm

And he knows he always will
Bb
Bb

Gm
Gm

C
C

Kill you for me my friend and me for you
Verse 3
Bb
Bb

C
C

And he's fighting for Canada
F
F

Dm
Dm

He's fighting for France
Bb
Bb

C
C

F
F

He's fighting for the U SA
Bb
Bb

C
C

And he's fighting for the russians
F
F

Dm
Dm

And he's fighting for Japan
Bb
Bb

And he thinks we'll put
Gm
Gm

C
C

an end to war this way
Verse 4
Bb
Bb

C
C

And he's fighting for democracy
F
F

Dm
Dm

He's fighting for the Reds
Bb
Bb

C
C

He says it's for the peace
F
F

of all
Bb
Bb

C
C

He's the one who must decide
F
F

Dm
Dm

Who's to live and who's to die
Bb
Bb

And he never sees
Gm
Gm

C
C

the writing on the wall
Verse 5
Bb
Bb

C
C

But without him, how would Hitler
F
F

Dm
Dm

have condemned him at Liebau?
Bb
Bb

C
C

F
F

Without him, Caesar would've stood alone
Bb
Bb

C
C

He's the one who gives his body
F
F

Dm
Dm

as a weapon of the war
Bb
Bb

And without him
Gm
Gm

C
C

all this killing can't go on
Bridge 1
Bb
Bb

C
C

He's the universal soldier
F
F

Dm
Dm

and he really is to blame
Bb
Bb

C
C

F
F

His orders come from far away no more
Bb
Bb

They come from here and there,
C
C

and you and me
F
F

Dm
Dm

And brothers, can't you see
Bb
Bb

Gm
Gm

This is not the way we put the end to war

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