When I Stand

[Intro ]
| Am C  | G Am  | Am C | G  Am | 

 
       Am                C      
I dont talk just to fill the air 
       G                  Am 
I dont move just to prove I care 
       Am                 C 
I dont scare when the sky turns black 
       G                 Am 
I dont leave when it pushes back 
 

 
         Am              C 
Ive seen strong men lose their ground 
                 G              Am 
Heard great words fall apart out loud 
       Am                   C 
I dont shake when the walls give in 
     G           Am 
I get quiet and I dig in 
 

 
            Am                 C 
When it gets heavy when it gets loud 
    G                   Am 
When everybodys running out 
           Am  C             G  Am              
I dont run,    I dont bend 
 

 
      Am            C 
When I stand,I dont fall 
      G               Am 
When I hold, I hold it all 
         Am            C               G 
When its dark, when it breaks, you can lean 
       Am                  F   G             Am 
I wont shake when I stand,you're safe / / /  / / / 
 

 
         Am                 C 
Ive held hands in the worst of nights 
       G                 Am 
Kept my word when it cost my pride 
       Am                       C 
I dont fold when the truth cuts deep 
       G                    Am 
I dont promise what I cant keep 
 

 
         Am                  C 
Ive been low, Ive been test-ed hard 
      G              Am 
Lost a few,left a few scars 
           Am              C 
But I dont drown in what I face 
            G       Am 
I let it hit then I brace 
 

 
            Am                 C 
When it gets heavy when it gets loud 
    G                   Am 
When everybodys running out 
           Am  C             G  Am              
I dont run,    I dont bend 
 

 
             Am      C 
When I stand, I dont fall 
      G            Am 
When I hold, I hold it all 
               Am      C              G 
When its dark,when it breaks, you can lean 
       Am             
I won't shake, when I stand 
 

 
      Am     C  G     Am 
Youre safe,      yeah 
   Am      C       G          Am 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh oh 
                Am     C 
You dont need a louder man 
               G      Am 
You need one to under-stand 
           Am       C 
So it dont scare me 
        G        Am 
It makes me who I am 
 

 
             Am      C 
When I stand, I dont fall 
      G            Am 
When I hold, I hold it all 
               Am      C              G 
When its dark,when it breaks, you can lean 
       Am             
I won't shake, when I stand 
 

Outro 
          Am        C       Am          G 
Oh, youll stay, oh. oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,  oh 

      Am         C      G           Am 
Youll stay, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh - - - - -