Donovan – Universal Soldier (Guitar Intro)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Universal Soldier – Donovan --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Buffy Sainte Marie Released in 1965 Tabbed by: maguri Play: G Key: B ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
   C               Am       D
   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 +
e|----------------|0------0h2------|----------------|--------|
B|----------------|1--------3------|----------------|--------|
G|0---0-----------|2--------2------|----------------|--------|
D|2---0---2---0---|2--------0------|0---------------|----0---|
A|3---3---3---2---|0------------0--|--------0-------|0-------|
E|----------------|----------------|----2-------2---|--------|
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CHORDS
         E-A-D-G-B-e
G/B      x-2-0-0-0-3
D/A      x-0-x-2-3-2
D/F#     2-x-0-2-3-2
C/D      x-x-0-0-1-x
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] 2/4 | C | Am D | % | % | [Verse 1]
     C     G/B D/A          G        Em
He's five foot-two and he's six feet-four

   C       G/B D/A               G
He fights with missiles and with spears

G/B  C         G/B D/A D/F#     G         Em
He's all of thirty-one and he's only seventeen

            C       C/D   C   G/B  Am   D
He's been a soldier for a thousand years
[Verse 2]
       C      G/B D/A       G         Em
He's a Catholic a Hindu, an Atheist a Jain

  C          G/B D/A           G
A Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew

       C              G/B D/A
And he knows he shouldn't kill

D/F#   G               Em
And he knows he always will

             C     C/D        C  G/B Am   D
Kill you for me my friend and me for you
[Verse 3]
         C        G/B D/A          G            Em
And he's fighting for Canada, he's fighting for France

     C            G/B D/A G
He's fighting for the U S A

G/B      C            G/B D/A       D/F#     G               Em
And he's fighting for the Russians, and he's fighting for Japan

       C            C/D    C      G/B      Am   D
And he thinks we'll put an end to war this way
[Verse 4]
         C          G/B D/A    D/F#   G                Em
And he's fighting for Democracy, he's fighting for the Reds

   C             G/B D/A      G
He says it's for the peace of all

G/B      C          G/B D/A   D/F#     G                 Em
He's the one who must decide, who's to live and who's to die

       C     C/D      C       G/B    Am   D
And he never sees the writing on the wall
[Verse 5]
        C              G/B D/A            G               Em
But without him, how would Hitler have condemned him at Labau?

    C          G/B D/A               G
Without him Caesar would have stood alone

G/B      C             G/B D/A       G             Em
He's the one who gives his body as a weapon of the war

       C        C/D      C       G/B      Am   D
And without him all this killing can't go on
[Verse 6]
         C     G/B D/A            G            Em
He's the universal soldier and he really is to blame

    C            G/B D/A         G
His orders come from far away no more
6/8 from now on
               C                      G/B D/A
They come from here and there and you and me

    G                  Em
And brothers can't you see

        C       C/D    C       G/B   | Am | Am
This is not the way we put the end to war