After I Am Gone

Em D Em D [Verso 1] Em You don't call me anymore D You just say you're busy C I see you laughing weird in the world D But you don't make time for me Em D You walk past everything I gave like it was nothing at all C I gave you my whole life D You can't give me one call Am A5 Em C I'm still your father, why do I feel erased? Yeah, I had flaws D Yeah, I got loud A5 But I never once walked out {Refrain} Em After I'm gone, you'll feel this pain D Every ignore, text, every misname C When the wood hits dirt and the crowd goes home D You finally understand what it means to be alone Em You'll say you love me, you'll cry on cue D But love shows up C Why didn't you? I was here D Em I was breathing, you just stopped believing [Verso 2] D And I was sick, you didn't know, and I was weak C You didn't show, you never asked if I was okay D You never missed me enough to stay Em I waited for you, you never came D Now I'm just a fading name C D I told myself you'd come around, but hope gets quiet without a sound C After I'm gone, you'll wish you tried D Em You'll replay nights you let me cry, you'll stand there shaking D Hands in regret, wishing you could undo what you chose to forget C You'll say you love me D Maybe you did, but love isn't words, it's what you'll give Em D Jesus forgives, I hope he does, because one day you'll answer for us C D Em D And he'll ask you simple and plain, why you never came? {Refrain} Em After I'm gone, don't tell the crowd D C You were proud, don't post my picture, don't say my name D If you couldn't show up while I felt the pain Em And I was here, I was alive D You just thought I had more time C After I'm gone, you'll finally see D You didn't lose me, you abandoned me {Solo} Em D C D Em D C D C Em C Interlude Em My hands bled just for you, I work until they shook C D I missed my own dreams so you could chase the ones you took Am I stood outside in the cold so you could sleep in worm light Em I swallowed every fear just to keep you all right No I sit alone in a house I build for us D You pass my name in silence like I'm someone you don't trust Am You left me here waiting Em You don't even try C Yeah, I made mistakes D I wasn't easy to love C But I never stopeed showing up D I never gave up {Refrain} Em After I'm gone, when the wood hits dirt C When the sound of goodbye finally starts to hurt D You'll wish you came Am You wish you stayed, you replay every call you never made Em You say you love me, you swear you cared C But love shows up and you weren't there D I was here, I was alive Am Em You just thought I had more time C [Verso 3] Em When I fell down, you never found me D When I needed you, you weren't around me A I watched your life move on so fast, while I was stuck inside the past Em I kept the porch light on at night I told myself you make it right, C but hope gets tired D And so do I, C D you left me behind and called it a lie, C you didn't mean to hurt me D C D That's what you say, but not meaning to, still hurts this way {Refrain} Em After I'm gone C Standing by my grave you'll cry for the time, you never gave D You'll touch that stone, you'll say my name Am But it won't answer, it won't be the same Em You'll beg for one more chance to call C D Silence won't answer, it all, Jesus forgives, I tried it too Am But even he knows, love has to move C D One day you'll stand before him alone Am And he'll ask you why you never came home {Solo} Em C D Am {Refrain} Em After I'm gone, when the dirt falls down C When they lowered me slow into the ground D Am That's when you'll feel what you denied, I was still here Em But you left me slide, I was your father, I needed you C Not your money, just something true D Am After I'm gone, the grave will stay longer than I ever did Em C Waiting for you that way Em C D Waiting for you that way