UNIVERSAL SOLDIER

by Buffy Sainte-Marie / Donovan · posted by chibluesteve

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

 6     7    7   -7  -6  -6    6   -5   5  
He's  five feet two and he's six feet four
-6   7     7    -7  -7  -6   6      6
He fights with missiles and with spears
 6    7  7   7  7 -7  -6   -6   6 6  5 -4  4 
He's all of thirtyone and he's only seventeen
 -6   -6 -6 -6  -6   6  6  -5  5    -4
He's been a soldier for a thousand years

 6   6  7 7 -7  -7 -7 -6  -6 6 -5 5   5  5
He's a Catholic, a Hindu, an atheist, a Jain,
-6  7  7   -7 -7 -7 -7   -6  6  6
a Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew
 6  6    7   7   7  7      -7 
and he knows he shouldn't kill 
 -6 -6   6   6   5 -4   4
and he knows he always will
 -6  -6  -6  -6 -6   6     6  -5  5  -4
kill you for me my friend and me for you

 6   6     7  7    7  -7 -7 -6
And he's fighting for Canada--, 
  6    6   6   -5    5
he's fighting for France,
 -6    7  7    7   7 -7 -6  6
he's fighting for the U  S  A,
 6   6     7  7    7   7   -7  -7
and he's fighting for the Russians 
-6   6     6  6    6  -5 5
and he's fighting for Japan, 
 6  6    -6    -6    6  6  -5  -5  5   5   -4
and he thinks we'll put an end to war this way

 6   6     7  7    7  7 -7 -7 -6
And he's fighting for Democracy-
 6    6  6    6  -5   5
and fighting for the Reds
-6  7    7    7   7   -7   -6  6
He says it's for the peace of all
 6    6   7   7    7   7  -7 
He's the one who must decide 
 -6   6   6    6    6   -5  5
who's to live and who's to die
 6  6  -6 -6  6    6  -5  -5  5   5   -4
and he never sees the writing on the walls

 6    6  7   7   7    7   -7 -7   -6 
But without him how would Hitler have 
  6   6    6  5  -4  5
condemned him at Dachau
  6  7   7   7  7    -7   -7    -6  6  6
Without him Caesar would have stood alone
 6    6   7   7    7    7  -7 -7
He's the one who gives his body-
-7 6  6  6  6 -5  5
as a weapon to a war
 6    6  -6 -6   6   6    -5 -5    5   5  -4
and without him all this killing can't go on

  6   6   7 7 7 7   -7 -7  -6  6
He's the universal soldier and he 
 6  6  5  -4   5
really is to blame
 6   7  7   7    7   -7  -7 -6 6   6
His orders come from far away- no more
 6    6    6    7    7   7    7  -7
They come from him, and you, and me
-6    6  6     5   -4   5
and brothers can't you see
 -6  -6 -6  -6   6  6  -5  -5  5  5  -4
this is not the way we put an end to war.

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