Intro
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[Verse 1]
C
I was born to be of service
G
Camp Lejeune just felt like home
Dm
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
Dm
When you're nineteen, it ain't hard to sleep
F
In the desert on God's floor
Dm
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
Dm
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
Dm F
But no lead-lined Humvee war machine, could save my sergeant's life
Dm
Three more soldiers, six civilians
F
Need these words to come out right
[Chorus]
C G
God of mercy, God of light
Dm F
Save your children from this life
C G
Hear these words, this humble plea
Dm F
For I have seen the suffering
C G
And with this prayer I'm hopin'
Dm 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
Dm
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
Dm
I wanna scream, but I can't breathe
F
And Christ, I am sweating through these sheets
Dm
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
Dm F
Save your children from this life
C G
Hear these words, this humble plea
Dm F
For I have seen the suffering
C G
And with this prayer I'm hopin'
Dm C
That we, can be unbroken
[Bridge]
Am
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
Dm
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
Dm F
Someday you'll ask me, was it worth it to be of service in the end?
Dm 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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