Unbroken - Bon Jovi, ukulele chords

Published: 2019-11-10 14:19
Selection chords: Katie Paterson

Fm x4

      Fm
I was born to be of service
            D#
Camp Lejeune just felt like home
            A#m
I had honor, I found purpose
              C#
Sir, yes, sir, thatʼs what I know

           Fm
They sent us to a place
            D#
Iʼd never heard of weeks before
            A#m
When youʼre 19 it ainʼt hard to sleep
             C#
In the desert on Godʼs floor

              A#m
Close your eyes, stop counting sheep
              C#
You ainʼt in boot camp anymore

      Fm
We were taught to shoot our rifles
      D#
Men and women side by side
      A#m
Thought weʼd be met as liberators
      C#
In a thousand-year-old fight

      Fm
I got this painful ringing in my ear
      D#
From an IED last night
      A#m
But no lead-lined Humvee war machine
      C#
Could save my sergeantʼs life

      A#m
Three more soldiers, six civilians
      C#
Need these words to come out right

Chorus:
 G#              D#
God of mercy, God of light
 A#m                C#
Save your children from this life
 G#                 D#
Hear these words, this humble plea
 A#m                C#
For I have seen the suffering
   G#              D#
And with this prayer Iʼm hoping
    A#m        C#
That we can be unbroken

      Fm
tʼs eighteen months now Iʼve been stateside
      D#
With this medal on my chest
      A#m
But there are things I canʼt remember
      C#
And there are things I wonʼt forget

      Fm
I lie awake at night
      D#
With dreams the devil shouldnʼt see
      A#m
I want to scream but I canʼt breathe
      C#
And, Christ, Iʼm sweating through these sheets

      A#m
Whereʼs my brothers? Whereʼs my country?
      C#
Whereʼs my how-things-used-to-be

Chorus:
 G#              D#
God of mercy, God of light
 A#m                C#
Save your children from this life
 G#                 D#
Hear these words, this humble plea
 A#m                C#
For I have seen the suffering
   G#              D#
And with this prayer Iʼm hoping
    A#m        C#
That we can be unbroken

      Fm
My service dogʼs done more for me
      D#
Than the medication would
      A#m
There ainʼt no angel thatʼs coming to save me
      C#
But even if they could

      Fm
Today twenty-two will die from suicide
      D#
Just like yesterday, theyʼre gone
      A#m
I live my life for each tomorrow
      C#
So their memories will live on

      Fm
Once we were boys and we were strangers
      D#
Now weʼre brothers and weʼre men
      A#m
Someday youʼll ask me "Was it worth it
      C#
To be of service in the end?"

      A#m
Well, the blessing and the curse is
      C#
Yeah, Iʼd do it all again