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Universal Soldier Tab by Donovan

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  • C

  • C/B

  • Am

  • D

  • D/A

    2

  • D/F#

  • G

  • Em

Intro 1
C
C/B
Am
E|-----0-----0-0-0-----0-----0-0-0--|-----0-----0-0-0--| B|-----1-----1-1-1-----1-----1-1-1--|-----1-----1-1-1--| G|-0---0---0-0-0-0-----0-----0-0-0--|-----2---2-2-2-2--| D|-0-2-----0-------2-------0--------|-2-------2--------| A|-----------------3-------2--------|-0----------------| E|----------------------------------|------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2
D
D
He's
E|-3p2-2-----2-2-2-----2-----2-2-2--|-----2-----2-2-2-----2-----2-2-2--| B|-3---3-----3-3-3-----3-----3-3-3--|-----3-----3-3-3-----3-----3-3-3--| G|-2---2-----2-2-2-----2-----2-2-2--|-----2-----2-2-2-----2-----2-2-2--| D|-0---------------0----------------|-0-----------------------0--------| A|---------0----------------------0-|-----------------0----------------| E|-------------------------2--------|---------2------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Verse 1
C
C/B
D/A
D/F#
five foot- two and he's
E|-----0-----0---0-----2-----2-2-2--| B|-----1-----1---1-----3-----3-3-3--| G|-----0-----0---0-----2-----2-2-2--| D|----------------------------------| A|-3-------3---2---0----------------| E|-------------------------2--------| 1 2 3 4
G
D/F#
Em
six feet- four He
E|---------------------------0---0--| B|-----0---------------0-----0---0--| G|-----0---------------0-----0---0--| D|-----0---------------2-------0----| A|-2-------2---0---2-------2--------| E|-3-------3---2---0-------0--------| 1 2 3 4
C
C/B
D/A
D/F#
G
fights with missiles and with spears He's
E|-----0-----0---0-----2-----2-2-2--|-----------3---3-----------3---3--| B|-----1-----1---1-----3-----3-3-3--|-----0-----------0---0------------| G|-----0-----0---0-----2-----2-2-2--|-----0-----------0---0------------| D|----------------------------------|-----0-------2---0---0-------0----| A|-3-------3---2---0----------------|-2-------2---------------2--------| E|-------------------------2--------|-3-------3------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
C
C/B
D/A
D/F#
all of thirty- one and he's on
E|-----0-----0---0-----2-----2-2-2--| B|-----1-----1---1-----3-----3-3-3--| G|-----0-----0---0-----2-----2-2-2--| D|----------------------------------| A|-3-------3---2---0----------------| E|-------------------------2--------| 1 2 3 4
G
D/F#
Em
ly seventeen He's been a
E|---------------------------0---0--| B|-----0---------------0-----0---0--| G|-----0---------------0-----0---0--| D|-----0---------------2-------0----| A|-2-------2---0---2-------2--------| E|-3-------3---2---0-------0--------| 1 2 3 4
C
Am
D
soldier for a thousand years He's a Cath
E|-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-0-0--|-----0-----0-0-0-3p2-2-----2-2-2--| B|-----1-----1---1-----1-----1-1-1--|-----1-----1-1-1-3---3-----3-3-3--| G|-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-0-0--|-----2-----2-2-2-2---2-----2-2-2--| D|-------------0-----------0--------|-----------------0----------------| A|-3-------3-------3----------------|-0-------0---------------0--------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Verse 2
C
C/B
D/A
olic, a Hindu,
D/F#
G
D/F#
Em
an Atheist, a Jane
C
C/B
D/A
D/F#
G
A Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew
C
C/B
D/A
And he knows he shouldn't kill
D/F#
G
D/F#
Em
And he knows he always will
C
Am
D
Kill you for me my friend and me for you
Verse 3
C
C/B
D/A
And he's fighting for Canada
D/F#
G
D/F#
Em
He's fighting for France
C
C/B
D/A
D/F#
G
He's fighting for the US A
C
C/B
D/A
And he's fighting for the russians
D/F#
G
D/F#
Em
And he's fighting for Japan
C
And he thinks we'll put
Am
D
an end to war this way
Verse 4
C
C/B
D/A
And he's fighting for de mocracy
D/F#
G
D/F#
Em
He's fighting for the Reds
C
C/B
D/A
He says it's for the peace
D/F#
G
of all
C
C/B
D/A
He's the one who must decide
D/F#
G
D/F#
Em
Who's to live and who's to die
C
And he never sees
Am
D
the writing on the wall
Verse 5
C
C/B
D/A
But without him, how would Hitler
D/F#
G
D/F#
Em
have condemned him at Liebau?
C
C/B
D/A
D/F#
G
Without him, Caesar would've stood alone
C
C/B
D/A
He's the one who gives his body
D/F#
G
D/F#
Em
as a weapon of the war
C
And without him
Am
D
all this killing can't go on
Bridge 1
C
C/B
D/A
He's the universal soldier
D/F#
G
D/F#
Em
and he really is to blame
C
C/B
D/A
D/F#
G
His orders come from far away no more
C
They come from here and there,
C/B
D/A
and you and me
D/F#
G
D/F#
Em
And brothers, can't you see
C
Am
This is not the way we put the end to war
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