(Jon Bon Jovi)
Intro: E5E 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 E 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 Riff E5 A5E5 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 Riff E5 A5E 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 unbrokenE5 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 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 unbrokenC#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 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 Final E B F#m A9 E B F#m A9 E D E