Emery
I Never Got to See the West Coast
Bsus2 F# C#
So is it courage or strength
G5
and is that what I'm waiting for?
Bsus2 F# C#
If I could just kill myself
G5
would it also kill the remorse?
Bsus2 F# C#
I wanted so badly to catch a break
G5
but I'm only breaking down.
Bsus2 F#
I'm still here and standing
C#
but if it's up to me
G5 Bsus2 F# C#
I don't think I'll be hanging around
Chorus
F#
The drink slips down my throat
A#m
and the burn cures nice and slow.
G5 C#
All the worst parts I wouldn't want you to see
F#
The only parts left of me
Now, here I am
D#m
Just a kid without a better plan.
Bsus2 G5
But it's the simple thoughts that haunt me the most.
C#
I never got to see the west coast.
Asus2, E, Asus2, E, C#
Asus2, E, Asus2, E, C#
Bsus2 F# C#
Spent my nights just asking why
G5
Would God let me become like this.
Bsus2 F# C#
Was it a joke from the start?
G5
Was I supposed to laugh more at it?
Bsus2 F# C#
And everyone's quoting their teachers and preachers
G5
but their words make me feel so alone.
Bsus2 E~ B~
No one ever says that they've had those thoughts
G5
in the middle of the night.
Asus2~ E~ B~
No one ever admits that they wanted to take their life.
Chorus
F#
The drink slips down my throat
A#m
and the burn cures nice and slow.
G5 C#
All the worst parts I wouldn't want you to see
F#
The only parts left of me
Now, here I am
D#m
Just a kid without a better plan.
Bsus2 G5
But it's the simple thoughts that haunt me the most.
C#
I never got to see the west coast.
Asus2, E, Asus2, E, C#
Asus2, E, Asus2, E, C#
D#m
But it's the life I dreamed I have
D
The love I find in my grasp
C# G5
The words I could share with someone.
D#m
Those thoughts keep the breath in my lungs
D
That tomorrow my hope will become
C# G5
fulfilled by a love that can't be undone.
Bsus2 F# C#
And save a wretch like me.
Chorus
F#
So if the drink slips down your throat
A#m
and the burn cures nice and slow.
G5 C#
All the worst parts you wouldn't want me to see.
F#
The same parts, I have in me
D#m
Now, scares me too we are both this way.
Bsus2
I feel just like you do.
C#
But when you're by yourself you should know
One day we got to see the west coast.
Asus2, E, Asus2, E, B, End on Asus2