Donovan – Universal Soldier (Ukulele)

     D         E            A        F#m
He's five foot two and he's six feet four

   D           E                 A
He fights with missiles and with spears

     D             E            A         F#m
He's all of thirty-one and he's only seventeen

            Bm                     E
He's been a soldier for a thousand years

       D           E         A          F#m
He's a Catholic, a Hindu, an atheist, a Jain,

  D              E             A
A Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew

       D                  E
And he knows he shouldn't kill

       A               F#m
And he knows he always will

             Bm                       E
Kill you for me, my friend and me for you

         D            E            A            F#m
And he's fighting for Canada, he's fighting for France

     D                E   A A7
He's fighting for the U.S.A.

     D                E                 A            F#m
He's fighting for the Russians and he's fighting for Japan

       Bm                                  E
And he thinks we'll put an end to war this way

         D            E               A                F#m
And he's fighting for democracy, he's fighting for the reds

   D                 E        A  A7
He says it's for the peace of all

         D              E             A                 F#m
He's the one who must decide who's to live and who's to die

       Bm                            E
And he never sees the writing on the wall

        D                 E              A               F#m
But without him how would Hitler have condemned him at Dachau

    D              E                 A  A7
Without him Caesar would have stood alone

         D                 E         A             F#m
He's the one who gives his body as a weapon of the war

        Bm                                E
And without him all this killing can't go on

         D         E              A            F#m
He's the universal soldier and he really is to blame

    D                E           A
His orders come from far away no more

               D                  E 
They come from here and there and you and me

    A                  F#m
And brothers can't you see

        Bm                            E
This is not the way we put the end to war

     E         F#           B        G#m
He's five foot two and he's six feet four

   E           F#                B
He fights with missiles and with spears

     E             F#           B         G#m
He's all of thirty-one and he's only seventeen

            C#m                    F#
He's been a soldier for a thousand years

       E           F#        B          G#m
He's a Catholic, a Hindu, an atheist, a Jain,

  E              F#            B
A Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew

       E                  F#
And he knows he shouldn't kill

       B               G#m
And he knows he always will

             C#m                      F#
Kill you for me, my friend and me for you

         E            F#           B            G#m
And he's fighting for Canada, he's fighting for France

     E                F#  B B7
He's fighting for the U.S.A.

     E                F#                B            G#m
He's fighting for the Russians and he's fighting for Japan

       C#m                                 F#
And he thinks we'll put an end to war this way

         E              F#            B                G#m
And he's fighting for democracy, he's fighting for the reds

   E                 F#       B  B7
He says it's for the peace of all

         E              F#            B                 G#m
He's the one who must decide who's to live and who's to die

       C#m                           F#
And he never sees the writing on the wall

        E                 F#             B               G#m
But without him how would Hitler have condemned him at Dachau

    E              F#                 B B7
Without him Caesar would have stood alone

         E                 F#        B             G#m
He's the one who gives his body as a weapon of the war

        C#m                               F#
And without him all this killing can't go on

         E         F#             B            G#m
He's the universal soldier and he really is to blame

    E                F#          B
His orders come from far away no more

               E                  F#m  
They come from here and there and you and me

    B                  G#m
And brothers can't you see

        C#m                           F#
This is not the way we put the end to war