[Intro] E5

[First Part]

       E5
I was born to be of service
        B5
Camp lejeune just felt like home
       F#5
I had honor I found purpose
         A5
Sir yes sir that’s what I know
      E5
They sent us to a place 
         B5
I never heard of weeks before 
           F#5
When your nineteen it ain’t hard to sleep 
          A5
In the desert on gods floor
           F#5
Close your eyes stop counting sheep 
              A5
You ain’t in boot camp any more

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[Segunda Parte]

         E5
We were taught to shoot our rifles
         B5
Men and women side by side
                 F#5
Thought we’d be met as liberators 
       A5
In a thousand year old fight
            E5
I got this painful ringing in my ear 
        B5
From an ied last night
        F#5
But no lead lined humvee war machine 
       A5
Could save my sergeants life
        F#5
3 more soldiers 6 civilians
            A5
Need these words to come out right

[Chorus]

 E             B9
God of mercy, god of light
 F#m                 A9
Save your children from this life
 E
Hear these words 
      B9
This humble plea
    F#m              A9
For I have seen the suffering
     E                    B
And with this prayer I’m hoping 
      F#m          Am
That we can be unbroken

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[Terceira Parte]

         E5
It’s 18 months now i’ve been stateside
           B5
With this medal on my chest
                F#5
But there are things I can’t remember
                A5
And there are things I won’t forget

   E5
I lie awake at night
                 B5
With dreams the devil shouldn’t see
             F#5
I want to scream but I can’t breathe 
                 A5
And christ I’m sweating through these sheets

             F#5
Where’s my brothers

Where’s my country 
            A5
Where’s my how things used to be

[Chorus]

 E             B9
God of mercy, god of light
 F#m                 A9
Save your children from this life
 E
Hear these words 
      B9
This humble plea
    F#m              A9
For I have seen the suffering
     E                    B
And with this prayer I’m hoping 
      F#m          Am
That we can be unbroken

[Bridge]

    C#m
My service dogs done more for me 
          A9
Than the medication would
               E
There ain’t no angel that’s coming to save me  
    B
But even if they could

[Quarta Parte]

   E
Today 22 will die from suicide
           B
Just like yesterday they’re gone
           F#m
I live my life for each tomorrow 
          A9
So their memories will live on

              E
Once we were boys and we were strangers
            B
Now we’re brothers and we’re men
               F#m
Someday you’ll ask me was it worth it
          A9
To be of service in the end
           F#m
Well the blessing and the curse is yeah
     A9
I’d do it all again

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        E  B  F#m  A9
        E  D  E

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