The universal soldier
De akkoorden in dit nummer
The universal soldier Intro F G C Am F Dm G G7 F G C Am F G C He’s five foot two and he’s six feet four, he fights with missiles and with spears F G C Am F Dm G G7 He’s all of thirtyone and he’s only seventeen, been a soldier for a thousand years F G C Am F G C He’s a Catholic, a Hindu, an Atheist, a Jain, a Budist and a Babtist and a Jew F G C Am F Dm G G7 And he knows he shouldn’t kill and he knows he always will, kill you for me my friend and me for you F G C Am F G C And he’s fighting for Canada, he’s fighting for France, he’s fighting for the U - S - A F G C Am F Dm G G7 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 F G C Am F G C And he’s fighting for democracy, he’s fighting for the reds, he says it’s for the peace of all F G C Am F Dm G G7 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 F G C Am But without him how would Hitler have condemned him at Dachau F G C Without him Ceasar would have stood alone F G C Am F Dm G G7 He’s the one who gives his body as a weapon of the war and without him all this killing can’t go on F G C Am F G C He’s the universal soldier and he really is to blame, his orders come from far away no more F G C Am They come from here and there, and you and me, and Brothers can’t you see F Dm G This is not the way we put an end to war
Zo speel je dit nummer
Leer de akkoorden van The universal soldier van Donovan Leitch op Gitaartabs. Dit popartiest brengt een toegankelijk nummer waarmee je meteen aan de slag kunt. Met een paar basisakkoorden en een rustig tempo is dit een perfecte eerste stap op je gitaar.
The universal soldier is op beginner-niveau geschikt, dus geen ingewikkelde grepjes of capo nodig. Je speelt met de akkoorden F, G, C, Am, Dm en G7 — vormen die je stap voor stap onder de vingers krijgt. Pak je gitaar en begin vandaag nog.
How to practise this song
- 1
Practise the barre chord F
F is a barre chord. Lay your index finger flat across all strings and press firmly; practise it on its own until every string rings clearly before you use it in the song.
Open - 2
Practise the change: F ↔ A
Play each chord for 4 beats, then 2, then 1 — with the metronome at 60-70 bpm. Only push the tempo once the change is clean and on time.
Open - 3
Great first song
Focus on clean chords — let every string ring. Speed comes by itself once the shapes are right.
Video
Tab door gitaartabs. Songtekst en akkoorden worden gepubliceerd onder afdracht aan Stichting FEMU. Zie onze voorwaarden.
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