Universal Soldier chords by Eric Andersen

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Verse 1
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He's five
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foot two and he's six feet four
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He  fights with missiles
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and with spears
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He's all of thirty -one,
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he's only seventeen
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He's been a soldier for a thousand
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years
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He's a Catholic, a Hindu,
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an atheist, a Jain
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A Muslim man, a Baptist and a Jew
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He knows he shouldn't kill,
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and he knows he al ways will
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Kill for me, my friend,
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and me  for you
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He's fighting for Canada,
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he's fighting for France
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He's fighting for the USA
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He's fighting for the Russians,
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he's fighting for Japan
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He  thinks we'll put an
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end to war this way
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And he's fighting for democracy
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He's fighting for the rich
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He says it's for the peace of all
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He's the one who must decide
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Who's to live and who's to die
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And he never sees the
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writing on the wall
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Well, yeah, but without him,
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how would Hitler have condemned the mad dog, how?
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Without him, Caesar would
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have stood alone
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He's the one who gives his body
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as the weapon of the war
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Without him,
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all this killing can't go on
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He's the universal soldier,
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he really is to blame
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His orders come from far away, oh no
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They come from him and you and me
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And brothers, can't you see
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This is not a way to put an end  to war you