Griffe:

1.  Strophe:
C     F           G7               C         Am
He's five foot two and he's six feet four
      F             G7                      C
He fights with missiles and with spears.
        F              G7               C              Am
He's all of thirty one and he's only seventeen
            F                               G7
Been a soldier for a thousand years.

2.  Strophe:
He's a catholic, a hindu, an atheist, a jain,
A buddhist and a baptist and a jew,
And he knows he shouldn't kill and he knows he always will
Kill you for me my friend and me for you.

3.  Strophe:
And he's fighting for Canada, he's fighting for France,
He's fighting for the USA
And he's fighting for the Russians, and he's fighting for Japan,
And he thinks we'll put an end to war this way.

4.  Strophe:
And he's fighting for democracy, he's fighting for the reds,
He says it's for the peace of all,
He's the one who must decide who's to live and who's to die,
And he never sees the writing on the wall.

5.  Strophe:
But without him how would Hitler have condemned him at Dachau?
Without him Cesar would have stood alone.
He's the one who gives his body as a weapon of the war,
And without him all killing can't go on.

6.  Strophe:
He's the universal soldier and he really is to blame
His orders come from far away no more,
They come from here and there, and you and me, and brothers, can't you see,
This is not the way to put the end to war.