Chords for 😢 MICHAEL BENNETT BREAKS AGT JUDGES WITH “STAND BY MY GRAVE” | COUNTRY ROCK LEAVES EVERYONE CRYING 💔

_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Michael, you're [A] ready?
Just breathe.
Got it.
Great.
Go make some magic.
_ _ [F#] _ _ _
Welcome back to America's Got Talent.
[B] Let's reveal our massive stage.
The judges are ready, the audience is buzzing.
Let's get started.
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ What's your [A] name and where are you from?
My name is Michael Bennett.
[D] I'm from Ohio.
And what are you performing for us tonight, Michael?
[F#m] An original song called Stand By My Grave.
That title [D] sounds heavy.
Why did you write it?
[E] Because some people only love you when it's too late.
What do you mean by [D] that?
[E] They ignored my pain, then cried when they [F#m] heard I was sick.
[F#m] That's a very direct thing to say on this stage.
I know.
[E] _
But [F#] silence protected everyone except me.
Are you angry at them?
[D]
I'm not angry.
_ I'm tired of fake grief.
[F#m] Fake grief?
[F#] That's a powerful [D] phrase.
Yes.
_ [E] Tears mean less [F#] when love arrived late.
Did anyone try to apologize?
[B] Some did, but most came with pretty words, not truth.
[Em] Do you worry this song will hurt people watching?
[D] Maybe.
[E] But maybe it will wake them up while someone is still alive.
What do you want people to understand tonight?
If you couldn't stand beside me in life, _
don't stand by my grave pretending you loved me.
[D#] _ _ _ _
[D#m] _ _ _ _ _ [B] Now _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _
I'm gone from your [D#] days, no more chances [B] to take.
You don't have to [F#] avoid me, _ it's a little [C#] too late.
I waited [D#] for you until my [B] knees gave.
You left me to die [F#] alone, _ I guess [C#] that's fate.
Go stand by [D#] me, [D#m] say what you never [B] said. _
Talk all you [F#] want to the ground [C#] I left.
You won't get [D#] me back, no matter [B] how you.
Only God hears [F#] now _ what you [C#] didn't say.
_ _ [D#] _ _ [D#m] _ _ [B] _ _
_ [F#] You _ _ _ [C#] _ _
check your [D#m] old phone like it might still [B] ring.
But I won't be [F#] there for [C#] anything.
You say you [D#m] were busy, you say you [B] were [F#] fine.
But truth stands louder.
At the end [C#] of, go stand by [D#] my grave.
Say it out, [B] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ say, [C#] _
no reply [D#] coming back.
No second [B] try, you had me [F#] in life.
Then watched [C#] it die.
_ _ [D#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [F#] Go _ _ _ [C#] sit by my [D#] grave, _ if it helps you [B] sleep.
[G#] _
Only God [F#] hears now what you didn't [C#] keep. _
Feels like [D#m] I'm gone while I'm still here.
Like I [B] don't exist, like I disappear.
It [F#] sits in my chest, it won't let go.
It [C#] gets a little worse every day, slow.
It's [D#m] quiet and loud at the [B] same time.
Like [F#] something is wrong.
_ _ _ [C#]
You didn't come when [D#m] _ I'd hear, waiting [B] for you.
You didn't come [F#] even when I needed [C#] you to.
There was no fine [D#] reason, [D#m] nothing [B] in the way.
You choose [F#] in silence, and let [C#] me pay.
You didn't come [D#] every [D#m] second [B] of it.
Like I was nothing [F#] to lose, and not worth.
[C#] _
I stayed the same, I [D#m] was here.
I didn't move it.
[B] You just slowly [F#] decided, not to come at [C#] all. _
_ [D#m] Feels like a weight that won't come off.
[B] Like I'm not enough, like I got lost.
It stays in [F#] my head, it don't get rest.
Like [C#] I mean nothing, like I'm less.
It [D#] hurts in a way I [D#m] can't explain.
No [B] one can see, but it stays the [C#] same.
No goodbye, no final word.
Just being erased without a sound [B] heard.
It leaves a mark that won't [C#] heal right. _ _
It follows me. Hey! _ _ _
You [D#m] didn't come when I was right, here waiting [B] for you.
[F#] You didn't come, _ _ _ [C#] needed you to.
There's no distance, no walls.
[B] Nothing, _ [F#] you just let me disappear.
[C#] My, _ _ [D#m] you didn't come every second [B] past.
I was something you [F#] had, you just chose not to [C#] have.
I stayed the [D#m] same, _ I was [B] here.
I didn't move [F#] at all.
_ You [C#] just slowly decided, _ not to come [D#m] at all.
_ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [D#] Incredible, just incredible.
You moved us all.
Beautiful, truly.
[N] Outstanding work. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] Go stand by me.
[D#m] Say what you never [B] said. _