Universal Soldier
Buffy Sainte-Marie (1964)
4/4 | D - d u d u d u |
1 2 & 3 & 4 &
| [C] | [D] | [G] | [Em] |
| [C] | [C] | [Am] | [D] | [D]
He's | [C] five feet two | [D] . and he's | [G] six feet | [Em] four
He | [C] fights with mis- | [D] siles and with | [G] spears | [G]
He's | [C] all of thirty- | [D] one and he's | [G] only seven- | [Em] teen
He's been a | [C] soldier for a | [C] thousand | [Am] years | [D]
He's a | [C] Catholic, a Hin- | [D] du, an | [G] atheist, a | [Em] Jain
A | [C] Buddhist and a | [D] Baptist and a | [G] Jew | [G]
And he | [C] knows he shouldn't | [D] kill and he | [G] knows he always | [Em] will
kill you for | [C] me my friend and | [C] me for | [Am] you | [D]
And he's | [C] fighting for | [D] Canada, he's | [G] fighting for | [Em] France
He's | [C] fighting for the | [D] US- | [G] A | [G]
And he's | [C] fighting for the | [D] Russians and he's | [G] fighting for Ja- | [Em] pan
And he | [C] thinks we'll put an | [C] end to war this | [Am] way | [D]
And he's | [C] fighting for de- | [D] mocracy he's | [G] fighting for the | [Em] reds
He | [C] says it's for the | [D] peace of | [G] all | [G]
He's the | [C] one who must de- | [D] cide who's to | [G] live and who's to | [Em] die
And he | [C] never sees the | [C] writing on the | [Am] walls | [D]
But with- | [C] out him how would | [D] Hitler have con- | [G] demned him at Da- | [Em] chau
With- | [C] out him Caesar | [D] would have stood a- | [G] lone | [G]
He's the | [C] one who gives his | [D] body as the | [G] weapon of the | [Em] war
And with- | [C] out him all this | [C] killing can't go | [Am] on | [D]
He's the | [C] universal | [D] soldier and he | [G] really is to | [Em] blame
But his | [C] orders come from | [D] far away no | [G] more | [G]
They come from | [C] him and you and | [D] me and | [G] brothers can't you | [Em] see
This is | [C] not the way we | [C] put an end to | [Am] war | [Am!]
#Capo on 1st fret to play along with Buffy.
#Capo on 4th fret to play along with Donovan.
#Last Updated 9/26/22 JJ
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Buffy Sainte-Marie (1964)
4/4 | D - d u d u d u |
1 2 & 3 & 4 &
| [C] | [D] | [G] | [Em] |
| [C] | [C] | [Am] | [D] | [D]
He's | [C] five feet two | [D] . and he's | [G] six feet | [Em] four
He | [C] fights with mis- | [D] siles and with | [G] spears | [G]
He's | [C] all of thirty- | [D] one and he's | [G] only seven- | [Em] teen
He's been a | [C] soldier for a | [C] thousand | [Am] years | [D]
He's a | [C] Catholic, a Hin- | [D] du, an | [G] atheist, a | [Em] Jain
A | [C] Buddhist and a | [D] Baptist and a | [G] Jew | [G]
And he | [C] knows he shouldn't | [D] kill and he | [G] knows he always | [Em] will
kill you for | [C] me my friend and | [C] me for | [Am] you | [D]
And he's | [C] fighting for | [D] Canada, he's | [G] fighting for | [Em] France
He's | [C] fighting for the | [D] US- | [G] A | [G]
And he's | [C] fighting for the | [D] Russians and he's | [G] fighting for Ja- | [Em] pan
And he | [C] thinks we'll put an | [C] end to war this | [Am] way | [D]
And he's | [C] fighting for de- | [D] mocracy he's | [G] fighting for the | [Em] reds
He | [C] says it's for the | [D] peace of | [G] all | [G]
He's the | [C] one who must de- | [D] cide who's to | [G] live and who's to | [Em] die
And he | [C] never sees the | [C] writing on the | [Am] walls | [D]
But with- | [C] out him how would | [D] Hitler have con- | [G] demned him at Da- | [Em] chau
With- | [C] out him Caesar | [D] would have stood a- | [G] lone | [G]
He's the | [C] one who gives his | [D] body as the | [G] weapon of the | [Em] war
And with- | [C] out him all this | [C] killing can't go | [Am] on | [D]
He's the | [C] universal | [D] soldier and he | [G] really is to | [Em] blame
But his | [C] orders come from | [D] far away no | [G] more | [G]
They come from | [C] him and you and | [D] me and | [G] brothers can't you | [Em] see
This is | [C] not the way we | [C] put an end to | [Am] war | [Am!]
#Capo on 1st fret to play along with Buffy.
#Capo on 4th fret to play along with Donovan.
#Last Updated 9/26/22 JJ
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