Capo the second or third, your choice...
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 thousand years.
C D G Em
He's a Catholic, a Hindu, an atheist,a Chein,
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 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 U.S.A.,
C D G Em
and he's fighting for the Russians, and he's fighting for Japan,
C Am D
and he thinks we put an end to war this way.
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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 wall.
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 G Em
He's the one who gives his body as a weapon of the war,
C D G 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 D
They come from here and there, and you and me,
G Em
and brothers, can't you see,
C D
this is not the way we put an end to war.
Some would differ with me on the Capo placement...
I have a bad ear for such things. I'm fairly sure that the
chords are accurate however, comments on the Capo position
are appreciated!
Strum on brethren!
