Emery
I Never Got to See the West Coast
Gsus2 D A
So is it courage or strength
D#5
and is that what I'm waiting for?
Gsus2 D A
If I could just kill myself
D#5
would it also kill the remorse?
Gsus2 D A
I wanted so badly to catch a break
D#5
but I'm only breaking down.
Gsus2 D
I'm still here and standing
A
but if it's up to me
D#5 Gsus2 D A
I don't think I'll be hanging around
Chorus
D
The drink slips down my throat
F#m
and the burn cures nice and slow.
D#5 A
All the worst parts I wouldn't want you to see
D
The only parts left of me
Now, here I am
Bm
Just a kid without a better plan.
Gsus2 D#5
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
Gsus2 D A
Spent my nights just asking why
D#5
Would God let me become like this.
Gsus2 D A
Was it a joke from the start?
D#5
Was I supposed to laugh more at it?
Gsus2 D A
And everyone's quoting their teachers and preachers
D#5
but their words make me feel so alone.
Gsus2 E~ B~
No one ever says that they've had those thoughts
D#5
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
F#m
and the burn cures nice and slow.
D#5 A
All the worst parts I wouldn't want you to see
D
The only parts left of me
Now, here I am
Bm
Just a kid without a better plan.
Gsus2 D#5
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
Bm
But it's the life I dreamed I have
A#
The love I find in my grasp
A D#5
The words I could share with someone.
Bm
Those thoughts keep the breath in my lungs
A#
That tomorrow my hope will become
A D#5
fulfilled by a love that can't be undone.
Gsus2 D A
And save a wretch like me.
Chorus
D
So if the drink slips down your throat
F#m
and the burn cures nice and slow.
D#5 A
All the worst parts you wouldn't want me to see.
D
The same parts, I have in me
Bm
Now, scares me too we are both this way.
Gsus2
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