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