Chords for One Answer (Lovers, Lore, & Loss)

_ The battle is over, [G] the fight lost or won,
_ [A] But even now has [Bm] our battle _ begun.
[E] This battle is waged with [Bm] the heart and the will,
[A] _ Experience, _ knowledge, [F#] the gift and the skill. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ Here's the battlefield, [B] face it alone, _
_ [E] Take in your hands a [F#m] torn flesh, broken bone,
_ [B] Take to yourself all the [F#m] shock and the pain, _
_ [E] Ask if you've courage to [F#] see and remain.
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
Work against time, [A] every second a foe,
[G#] Try to guess when to [F#] hold on or let go,
[G#m] Answer me _ now, [F#] who do you save?
[B] Which can you snatch from [F#] the brink of the grave? _
There stands your enemy, _
[E] death is his name,
[D] Yet to defeat him [F#] will bring you no fame, _
This battle brings you [E] no praises of men,
[D] _
Only the hunger [F#] to heal them again. _
That is my hunger [E] and that is my creed,
_ [D] _
All my religion [F#] and all of my creed, _
This is what drives me [E]
beyond fear or hope,
_ [D]
This is what gives me [F#] the raw strength to cope.
_ [B]
Faith, gift and wisdom, I [A]
need them I fear,
[G#] _
Lying before me [F#] is one I hold dear,
_ [G#m]
More than a student, [F#] far more than a friend, _
Wounds so profound that I shudder to tend.
_ _ [F#m]
Healing my weapon [B] and life is my prize,
[E] _
Love often means you [F#m]
ignore what is wise,
_ [B]
So this I swear, [F#m] while the soul wills to live,
[E]
I shall fight far [B] beyond nothing to give. _ _
_ _ _ _ _
[Bm] This do I swear, [G] this one shall not die,
[A]
Not while I have strength [Bm] and will left to try,
[E]
Lending my substance [Bm] to knit flesh and bone,
[A]
She shall have life [F#] if it cost me my own.
[A]
She shall have life [F#]
if it cost me my _ own. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _