Unbroken Chords by Bon Jovi

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I was born to be of service.
[Bb] Camp Lejeune just felt like home.
I [F] had honor, I found purpose.
Sir, [Ab] yes sir, that's what I know.
[Eb] They sent us to a place I'd never [Bb] heard of weeks before.
When [F] you're nineteen it ain't hard to sleep [Ab] in the desert on God's floor.
Close [Fm] your eyes, stop [F] counting sheep, you ain't [Ab] in boot camp anymore.
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We were taught to shoot our rifles, [Bb] men and women side by side.
Thought we'd [F] be met as liberators [Ab] in a thousand year old fight.
I [Eb] got this painful ringing in my ear [Bb] from an IED last night.
But [F] know that land upon thee, war machine, [Ab] can save my sergeant's life.
Three more [F] soldiers, six civilians, need [Ab] these words to come out right.
_ [Eb] God of [Bb] mercy, God of light, [Fm] save your [Ab] children from this life.
[Eb] Hear these words, [Bb] this humble [Fm] plea, for I see [Ab] the suffering [Eb] beneath this [Bb] prayer unbroken.
[Ab] That we can be [Eb] unbroken. _ _
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It's eighteen months now I've been stateside [Bb] with this medal on my chest.
But there are [F] things I can't remember and there [Ab] are things I won't forget.
[Eb] I lie awake at night with dreams [Bb] the devil shouldn't see.
I wanna [F] scream but I can't breathe and [Ab] Christ I'm sweating through these sheets.
Where's my [F] brothers?
Where's my country?
[Ab] Where's my how things used to be?
_ [Eb] God of [Bb] mercy, God of light, [Fm] save your [Ab] children from this [Eb] life.
Hear these words, [Bb] this humble [Fm] plea, for I have seen [Ab] the suffering [Eb] beneath this [Bb] prayer unbroken.
[Ab] That we can be [Eb] unbroken. _ _
[Cm] My service dog's done more for me [Eb] than the medication would.
There ain't no angel that's coming to save me, [Bb] but even if they could. _ _
Today, [Eb] twenty-two will die from suicide just [Bb] like yesterday they're gone.
I live my [Fm] life for each tomorrow so their [Ab] memories will live on.
Once [Eb] we were boys and we were strangers, now [Bb] we're brothers and we're men.
Someday you'll [Fm] ask me was it worth it to be of [Ab] service in the end.
Well the [Fm] blessing and the curses, yeah I'd do it [Ab] all again.
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Amen.
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