Standard (EADGBE)

 He's five foot two and he's six feet four

 He fights with missiles and with spears

 He's all of thirty-one and he's only seventeen

 He's been a soldier for a thousand years

 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

 And he's fighting for Canada, he's fighting for France

 He's fighting for the U.S.A.

 He's fighting for the Russians and he's fighting for Japan

 And he thinks we'll put an end to war this way

 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

 But without him how would Hitler have condemned him at Dachau

 Without him Caesar would have stood alone

 He's the one who gives his body as a weapon of the war

 And without him all this killing can't go on

 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 we put the end to war

Universal Soldier chords (version 2)

Donovan

 He's five foot two and he's six feet four

 He fights with missiles and with spears

 He's all of thirty-one and he's only seventeen

 He's been a soldier for a thousand years

 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

 And he's fighting for Canada, he's fighting for France

 He's fighting for the U.S.A.

 He's fighting for the Russians and he's fighting for Japan

 And he thinks we'll put an end to war this way

 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

 But without him how would Hitler have condemned him at Dachau

 Without him Caesar would have stood alone

 He's the one who gives his body as a weapon of the war

 And without him all this killing can't go on

 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 we put the end to war