F5
F5             
I got to go back to the world
Ab5
Back to my girl
Eb5                              Bb5
Back to my family and kids
F5
Have to go and see my home again
Ab5
Don't want my life to end
Bb5
Before my time is due

(pre verse)

Eb5 Bb5 Ab5 F5  Ab5 F5  Bb5   X2

(verse)

Eb5   Bb5       Ab5       F5           Ab5          F5            Bb5    
Just got the postal package from my wife and kids
Eb5  Bb5         Ab5         F5             Ab5               F5         Bb5
It brings me comfort while I'm stuck in this desert mess
       Eb5               Bb5        Ab5              F5
But don't get me wrong, perform my mission
        Ab5          F5              Bb5
Just sounding off on my homesick condition
Eb5       Bb5        Ab5             F5         Ab5       F5            Bb5            
Got to get out, a short timer, my heart it begs for home

(chous)

F5
I got to go back to the world
Ab5
Back to my girl
Eb5                              Bb5
Back to my family and kids
F5
Have to go and see my home again
Ab5
Don't want my life to end
Eb5
Before my time is due

(verse, same as first one)

Seen many a firefight since we deployed out here
Learned how to survive with my friends
They're focus, adrenaline and fear
But the odds haunt me, hope I don't get hit
Be that body with a flag adorned to it
I'm gonna make it, the short timer, hellbent on going home

(chorus)

I got to go back to the world
Back to my girl
Back to my family and kids
Have to go and see my home again
Don't want my life to end
Before my time is due

(Bridge)

Eb5
I'm not a policy maker
Ab5
Just a sworn-in order taker
F5                      Ab5       Bb5
Doing my best to stay alive
Eb5
I'm gonna make it
Ab5
To conus real soon
F5                               Ab5                Bb5
Hope some days still lie ahead for me


Eb5 Bb5 Ab5 F#5 Ab5 F5  Bb5 X2

(chorus)

I got to go back to the world
Back to my girl
Back to my family and kids
Have to go and see my home again
Don't want my life to end
Before my time is due

(outro)
                    F5                          Ab5
I've gotta go back
                           Eb5                       Bb5
Too short to turn back
               F5                               Ab5
Gotta go back
                 Eb5
Back to the world again

Eb5 Bb5 Ab5 F5  Ab5 F5  Bb5  Eb(ring out)