C D G Em
He's five foot two and he's six feet four
C D G
He fights with missiles and with spears
C D G Em
He's all of thirty-one and he's only seventeen
Am D
He's been a soldier for a thousand years
C D G Em
He's a catholic, a hindu, an atheist, a jain,
C D G
F buddhist and a baptist and a jew
C D
And he knows he shouldn't kill
G Em
And he knows he always will
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 G7
He's fighting for the U.S.A.
C D G Em
He's fighting for the Russians and he's fighting for Japan
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 G7
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
Am D
And he never sees the writing on the wall
C D G Em
But without him how would Hitler have condemned him at Dachau
C D G G7
Without him Caesar would have stood alone
C D G Em
He's the one who gives his body as a weapon of the war
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
His orders come from far away no more
C Am
They come from here and there and you and me
G Em
And brothers can't you see
Am
This is not the way we put the end to war
Transcribed by David Linley 4th November 1995