The Universal Soldier Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays496

The Universal Soldier by Buffy St Marie is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, D, Bm, Em, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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16
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  			(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. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante