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