Intro
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[Verse 1]
D#
I was born to be of service
A#
Camp Lejeune just felt like home
Fm
I had honor, I found purpose
G#
Sir, yes sir
G#
That's what I know
D# A#
They sent us to a place I never heard of weeks before
Fm
When you're nineteen, it ain't hard to sleep
G#
In the desert on God's floor
Fm
Close your eyes, stop counting sheep
G#
You ain't in bootcamp anymore
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
D#
We were taught to shoot our rifles
A#
Man and woman, side by side
Fm
Thought we'd be met as liberators
G#
In a thousand-year-old fight
D#
I got this painful ringing in my ear
A#
From an IED last night
Fm G#
But no lead-lined Humvee war machine, could save my sergeant's life
Fm
Three more soldiers, six civilians
G#
Need these words to come out right
[Chorus]
D# A#
God of mercy, God of light
Fm G#
Save your children from this life
D# A#
Hear these words, this humble plea
Fm G#
For I have seen the suffering
D# A#
And with this prayer I'm hopin'
Fm G#
That we, can be unbroken
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
D#
It's 18 months now, I've been stateside
A#
With this medal on my chest
Fm
But there are things I can't remember
G#
And there are things I won't forget
D# A#
I lie awake at night with dreams the devil shouldn't see
Fm
I wanna scream, but I can't breathe
G#
And Christ, I am sweating through these sheets
Fm
Where's my brothers? Where's my country?
G#
Where's my how things used to be?
[Chorus]
D# A#
God of mercy, God of light
Fm G#
Save your children from this life
D# A#
Hear these words, this humble plea
Fm G#
For I have seen the suffering
D# A#
And with this prayer I'm hopin'
Fm D#
That we, can be unbroken
[Bridge]
Cm
My service dog's done more for me
G#
Than the medication would
D#
There ain't no angel that's coming to save me
A#
But even if they could
[Verse 4]
D#
Today, 22 will die from suicide
A#
Just like yesterday, they're gone
Fm
I live my life for each tomorrow
G#
So their memories will live on
D#
Once we were boys, and we were strangers
A#
Now we're brothers and we're men
Fm G#
Someday you'll ask me, was it worth it to be of service in the end?
Fm G#
Well, the blessing, and the curse is, yeah, I'd do it all again
[Outro]
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D# A#
Whoa-oh
G#
Whoa-oh
D# A#
Whoa-oh
G#
Whoa-oh
D# A#
Whoa-oh
G#
Whoa-oh, unbroken
[Ending]
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