Universal soldier  Donovan

##song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. ##From: "Rev. Linda Slug" #Here are the lyrics and chords to the Donovan song "The Universal#all sure. I think the place name in the line about Hitler could be wrong,##


He's [F]five foot [G]two and he's [C]six feet [Am]four


He [F]fights with [G]missiles and with [C]spears


He's [F]all of thirty-[G]one and he's [C]only seven[Am]teen


He's been a [Dm]soldier for a thousand [G]years


He's a [F]catholic, a [G]hindu, an [C]atheist, a [Am]jain,


A [F]buddhist and a [G]baptist and a [C]jew


And he [F]knows he shouldn't [G]kill


And he [C]knows he always [Am]will


Kill you for [Dm]me, my friend and me for [G]you


And he's [F]fighting for [G]Canada, he's [C]fighting for [Am]France


He's [F]fighting for the [G]U.S.[C]A.


He's [F]fighting for the [G]Russians and he's [C]fighting for [Am]Japan


And he [Dm]thinks we'll put an end to war this [G]way


And he's [F]fighting for de[G]mocracy, he's [C]fighting for the [Am]reds


He [F]says it's for the [G]peace of [C]all


He's the [F]one who must de[G]cide who's to [C]live and who's to [Am]die


And he [Dm]never sees the writing on the [G]wall


But with[F]out him how would [G]Hitler have con[C]demned him at Da[Am]chau


With[F]out him Caesar [G]would have stood al[C]one


He's the [F]one who gives his [G]body as a [C]weapon of the [Am]war


And with[Dm]out him all this killing can't go [G]on


He's the [F]universal [G]soldier and he [C]really is to [Am]blame


His [F]orders come from [G]far away no [C]more


They come from [F]here and there and [Dm]you and me


And [C]brothers can't you [Am]see


This is [Dm]not the way we put the end to war


Transcribed by David Linley 4th November 1995


Comments and mistakes to dal23@hermes.cam.ac.uk