[Chorus]
Am Em
I take my medicine, don't you take mine
Am Em
The pills I take to survive, just keep you high
C Em C
I've seen war ...trough these eyes,... trapped in a chair,
Em C Em Am
shrapnel shredded my thighes.......I'd stop you ... but I can't .... rise.
[Verse 1]
C
Two tours in Takrit and another in Kandahar
E7
Manning the 50 cal, every day for me was war
C
Slept under the Humvee, sand in my eyes
E7
Not sure who the enemy is, what's truth, what's lies
C
12 hours on patrol, no water, no chance to eat
E
Yesterday I cut a man in half and watched him bleed
Am
I made friends, said they cared
C Am E
Still looked over my shoulder every moment there
[Verse 2]
C
On a supply route north west of Kabul
E
My fear and discomfort made me feel like a fool
C
And 30 hours on guard, stepped down from my gun
E
in a moment of lapse an IED left me numb.
Am
Ill never leave this floor it's forever a winter
E Am
I'll never again feel the sun
C Am E
The same feeling I had the day I went numb
[Verse 3]
C
My winds shifted, patroits will carry me away
E7 Am E7
In two days I'll leave the VA, nothing left for me to claim
C E7
Never sought fortune, I never sought fame
C E7
defended my country, fought in her name
C E7
Never ask for recognition, never assigned any blame
Am E7
When I wheel down the ramp, I won't complain about the pain
C Am E7
Can't understand the theft only one more ... high ... to gain
[Verse 4]
C E7
Can't believe there are those who prey on the wounded ones
C E7
I'm still a soldier and I can't leave this wrong undone
C E7
I won't leave here and allow this addict to hurt anyone
Am
The night before I leave I'll lay out a plan
E7
I'm still a soldier, sitting .....I can still make a stand
C
When he brings the chair to wheel me away
E7 Am
This marine's last mission will be to make him pay
[Chorus]
Am Em
I take my medicine, don't you take mine
Am Em
The pills I take to survive, just keep you high
C Em C
I've seen war ...trough these eyes,... trapped in a chair,
Em C Em Am
shrapnel shredded my thighes.......I'd stop you ... but I can't .... rise.