(intro) C D Bm Em C Am D C D G Em He is five feet two, and he`s six feet four, C D G he fights with missiles and with spears. C D G Em He is all of thirty-one, and he`s only seventeen, C Am D `s been a soldier for a thousand years. C D G Em He`s a Catholic, a Hindu, and atheist, a Jain, C D G a Buddhist, and a Baptist, and a Jew. C D G Em And he knows he shouldn`t kill, and he knows he always will, C Am D kill you for me, my friend, and me for you. C D G Em And he`s fighting for Canada, he`s fighting for France, C D G he`s fighting for the USA. C D G Em And he`s fighting for the Russians, and he`s fighting for Japan, C Am D and he thinks we`ll put an end to war this way. C D G Em And he`s fighting for democracy, he`s fighting for the Reds, C D G he says, it`s for the peace of all. C D G Em He`s the one who must decide, who`s to live and who`s to die, C Am D and he never sees the writing on the walls. C D G Em But without him how would Hitler, have condemned him at Dachau, C D G without him Caesar would have stood alone. C D Bm Em He`s the one who gives his body as a weapon to the war, C Am D and without him all this killing can`t go on. C D G Em He`s the universal soldier and he really is to blame, C D G but his orders come from far away no more, C D they come from here, and you and me, Bm Em and brothers can`t you see, C Am this is not a way we put an end to war.
