Donovan – Universal Soldier (Guitar Intro)
Capo 4
Key
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The Universal Soldier – Donovan
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Written by: Buffy Sainte Marie
Released in 1965
Tabbed by: maguri
Play: G
Key: B
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[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