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