cover of donovan’s anti – war masterpiece

capo on the 4th

chords :
C ( x32010 )
C/B ( x20010 )
Am ( x02210 )
D ( xx0232 )
G ( 320022 )
Em ( 022000 )

intro : C C/B Am D G D

C D G Em
he’s five feet two , and he’s six feet four ,
C D G ( strum D string 2th fret and opened )
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
been a soldier for thousand years .

C D G Em
he’s a catholic , a hindu , an 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 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 .

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 .