Here are the lyrics and chords to the Donovan song "The Universal Soldier", which I think was written by Buffy Sainte-Marie, but I'm not at all sure. I think the place name in the line about Hitler could be wrong, but I can't hear what he's saying on that line. The rest of it should be OK. Universal Soldier E F# B G#m He's five foot two and ... E F# B He fights with missiles and ... E F# B G#m He's all of thirty-one ... C#m F# He's been a soldier for a ... E F# B G#m He's a catholic, a hindu, ..., E F# B A buddhist and a ... E F# And he knows he ... B G#m And he knows he ... C#m F# Kill you for me, my friend ... E F# B G#m And he's fighting ... E F# B B7 He's fighting for ... E F# B G#m He's fighting for the Russians .. C#m F# And he thinks we'll put an ... E F# B G#m And he's fighting for democracy, ... E F# B B7 He says it's for ... E F# B G#m He's the one who must decide who's ... C#m F# And he never sees the .... E F# B G#m But without him how would Hitler have ... E F# B B7 Without him Caes... E F# B G#m He's the one who gives his body as ... C#m F# And without him all this ... E F# B G#m He's the universal soldier and ... E F# B His orders come from ... E C#m They come from here and ... B G#m And brothers can't ... C#m This is not the way we ...
Transcribed by David Linley 4th November 1995 Comments and mistakes to dal23@hermes.cam.ac.uk
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