Donovan (Donovan Philips Leitch), es un cantautor, poeta y guitarrista escocés nacido el 10 de mayo de 1946, en Maryhill, Glasgow. Emergió a mediados de los '60 como cantante folk, lo que le valió ser llamado el Bob Dylan británico, pero pronto se desató de esa etiqueta convirtiéndose en uno de los mayores representantes de la psicodelia de mediados y finales de los sesenta, con un estilo muy personal que fusionaba Jazz, Folk, Rock, y Música étnica.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Date: Sat, 4 Nov 1995 00:33:24 +0000 (GMT) From: "Rev. Linda Slug"
Here are the lyrics and chords to the Donovan song "The Universal Soldier", which I think was written by Buffy Sainte-Marie, but I'm not at all sure. I think the place name in the line about Hitler could be wrong, but I can't hear what he's saying on that line. The rest of it should be OK.
Universal Soldier
EF#BG#m He's five foot two and he's six feet four EF#B He fights with missiles and with spears EF#BG#m He's all of thirty-one and he's only seventeen C#mF# He's been a soldier for a thousand years EF#BG#m He's a catholic, a hindu, an atheist, a jain, EF#B A buddhist and a baptist and a jew EF# And he knows he shouldn't kill BG#m And he knows he always will C#mF# Kill you for me, my friend and me for you EF#BG#m And he's fighting for Canada, he's fighting for France EF#BB7 He's fighting for the U.S.A. EF#BG#m He's fighting for the Russians and he's fighting for Japan C#mF# And he thinks we'll put an end to war this way EF#BG#m And he's fighting for democracy, he's fighting for the reds EF#BB7 He says it's for the peace of all EF#BG#m He's the one who must decide who's to live and who's to die C#mF# And he never sees the writing on the wall EF#BG#m But without him how would Hitler have condemned him at Dachau EF#BB7 Without him Caesar would have stood alone EF#BG#m He's the one who gives his body as a weapon of the war C#mF# And without him all this killing can't go on EF#BG#m He's the universal soldier and he really is to blame EF#B His orders come from far away no more EC#m They come from here and there and you and me BG#m And brothers can't you see C#m This is not the way we put the end to war
Transcribed by David Linley 4th November 1995 Comments and mistakes to [email protected]