Universal Soldier Tab by Donovan

(C major) (C/B) (A minor)

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(D major) (D major) He's

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(C major) five foot- (C/B) two (D/A) (D/F#) and he's

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(G major) six feet- (D/F#) four (E minor) He

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(C major) fights with (C/B) missiles (D/A) and (D/F#) with spears (G major) He's

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(C major) all of thirty- (C/B) one (D/A) (D/F#) and he's on

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(G major) ly seven (D/F#) teen (E minor) He's been a

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(C major) soldier for a thousand (A minor) years (D major) He's a Cath

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(C major) olic, (C/B) a Hindu, (D/A)

(D/F#) an Atheist, (G major) (D/F#) a Jane (E minor)

A (C major) Buddhist and (C/B) a Baptist (D/A) (D/F#) and a Jew (G major)

And he knows (C major) he shouldn't (C/B) kill (D/A)

(D/F#) And he knows (G major) he always (D/F#) will (E minor)

Kill you for (C major) me my friend and me for you (A minor) (D major)

And he's (C major) fighting for (C/B) Canada (D/A)

(D/F#) He's (G major) fighting (D/F#) for France (E minor)

He's (C major) fighting for (C/B) the U (D/A) (D/F#) S A (G major)

And he's (C major) fighting for (C/B) the russians (D/A)

And (D/F#) he's (G major) fighting for (D/F#) Japan (E minor)

And he (C major) thinks we'll put

an end to war this (A minor) way (D major)

And he's (C major) fighting for (C/B) de mocracy (D/A)

(D/F#) He's (G major) fighting for (D/F#) the Reds (E minor)

He (C major) says it's for the (C/B) peace (D/A)

(D/F#) of all (G major)

He's the one (C major) who must (C/B) decide (D/A)

(D/F#) Who's to live (G major) and who's (D/F#) to die (E minor)

And he (C major) never sees

the writing on the wall (A minor) (D major)

But without (C major) him, how (C/B) would Hitler (D/A)

(D/F#) have condemned (G major) him at (D/F#) Liebau? (E minor)

Without (C major) him, Caesar (C/B) (D/A) would've (D/F#) stood alone (G major)

He's the one (C major) who gives (C/B) his (D/A) body

(D/F#) as a (G major) weapon of (D/F#) the war (E minor)

And without (C major) him

all this killing can't go on (A minor) (D major)

He's the (C major) universal (C/B) soldier (D/A)

(D/F#) and he (G major) really is (D/F#) to blame (E minor)

His orders (C major) come from (C/B) (D/A) far away (D/F#) no more (G major)

They come from (C major) here and there,

and you and (C/B) (D/A) me

(D/F#) And (G major) brothers, can't (D/F#) you see (E minor)

This is (C major) not the way we put the end to war (A minor)