Emery
I Never Got to See the West Coast
G#sus2 D# A#
So is it courage or strength
E5
and is that what I'm waiting for?
G#sus2 D# A#
If I could just kill myself
E5
would it also kill the remorse?
G#sus2 D# A#
I wanted so badly to catch a break
E5
but I'm only breaking down.
G#sus2 D#
I'm still here and standing
A#
but if it's up to me
E5 G#sus2 D# A#
I don't think I'll be hanging around
Chorus
D#
The drink slips down my throat
Gm
and the burn cures nice and slow.
E5 A#
All the worst parts I wouldn't want you to see
D#
The only parts left of me
Now, here I am
Cm
Just a kid without a better plan.
G#sus2 E5
But it's the simple thoughts that haunt me the most.
A#
I never got to see the west coast.
Asus2, E, Asus2, E, A#
Asus2, E, Asus2, E, A#
G#sus2 D# A#
Spent my nights just asking why
E5
Would God let me become like this.
G#sus2 D# A#
Was it a joke from the start?
E5
Was I supposed to laugh more at it?
G#sus2 D# A#
And everyone's quoting their teachers and preachers
E5
but their words make me feel so alone.
G#sus2 E~ B~
No one ever says that they've had those thoughts
E5
in the middle of the night.
Asus2~ E~ B~
No one ever admits that they wanted to take their life.
Chorus
D#
The drink slips down my throat
Gm
and the burn cures nice and slow.
E5 A#
All the worst parts I wouldn't want you to see
D#
The only parts left of me
Now, here I am
Cm
Just a kid without a better plan.
G#sus2 E5
But it's the simple thoughts that haunt me the most.
A#
I never got to see the west coast.
Asus2, E, Asus2, E, A#
Asus2, E, Asus2, E, A#
Cm
But it's the life I dreamed I have
B
The love I find in my grasp
A# E5
The words I could share with someone.
Cm
Those thoughts keep the breath in my lungs
B
That tomorrow my hope will become
A# E5
fulfilled by a love that can't be undone.
G#sus2 D# A#
And save a wretch like me.
Chorus
D#
So if the drink slips down your throat
Gm
and the burn cures nice and slow.
E5 A#
All the worst parts you wouldn't want me to see.
D#
The same parts, I have in me
Cm
Now, scares me too we are both this way.
G#sus2
I feel just like you do.
A#
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