Emery
I Never Got to See the West Coast
A#sus2 F C
So is it courage or strength
F#5
and is that what I'm waiting for?
A#sus2 F C
If I could just kill myself
F#5
would it also kill the remorse?
A#sus2 F C
I wanted so badly to catch a break
F#5
but I'm only breaking down.
A#sus2 F
I'm still here and standing
C
but if it's up to me
F#5 A#sus2 F C
I don't think I'll be hanging around
Chorus
F
The drink slips down my throat
Am
and the burn cures nice and slow.
F#5 C
All the worst parts I wouldn't want you to see
F
The only parts left of me
Now, here I am
Dm
Just a kid without a better plan.
A#sus2 F#5
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
A#sus2 F C
Spent my nights just asking why
F#5
Would God let me become like this.
A#sus2 F C
Was it a joke from the start?
F#5
Was I supposed to laugh more at it?
A#sus2 F C
And everyone's quoting their teachers and preachers
F#5
but their words make me feel so alone.
A#sus2 E~ B~
No one ever says that they've had those thoughts
F#5
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
Am
and the burn cures nice and slow.
F#5 C
All the worst parts I wouldn't want you to see
F
The only parts left of me
Now, here I am
Dm
Just a kid without a better plan.
A#sus2 F#5
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
Dm
But it's the life I dreamed I have
C#
The love I find in my grasp
C F#5
The words I could share with someone.
Dm
Those thoughts keep the breath in my lungs
C#
That tomorrow my hope will become
C F#5
fulfilled by a love that can't be undone.
A#sus2 F C
And save a wretch like me.
Chorus
F
So if the drink slips down your throat
Am
and the burn cures nice and slow.
F#5 C
All the worst parts you wouldn't want me to see.
F
The same parts, I have in me
Dm
Now, scares me too we are both this way.
A#sus2
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