Emery
I Never Got to See the West Coast
F#sus2 C# G#
So is it courage or strength
D5
and is that what I'm waiting for?
F#sus2 C# G#
If I could just kill myself
D5
would it also kill the remorse?
F#sus2 C# G#
I wanted so badly to catch a break
D5
but I'm only breaking down.
F#sus2 C#
I'm still here and standing
G#
but if it's up to me
D5 F#sus2 C# G#
I don't think I'll be hanging around
Chorus
C#
The drink slips down my throat
Fm
and the burn cures nice and slow.
D5 G#
All the worst parts I wouldn't want you to see
C#
The only parts left of me
Now, here I am
A#m
Just a kid without a better plan.
F#sus2 D5
But it's the simple thoughts that haunt me the most.
G#
I never got to see the west coast.
Asus2, E, Asus2, E, G#
Asus2, E, Asus2, E, G#
F#sus2 C# G#
Spent my nights just asking why
D5
Would God let me become like this.
F#sus2 C# G#
Was it a joke from the start?
D5
Was I supposed to laugh more at it?
F#sus2 C# G#
And everyone's quoting their teachers and preachers
D5
but their words make me feel so alone.
F#sus2 E~ B~
No one ever says that they've had those thoughts
D5
in the middle of the night.
Asus2~ E~ B~
No one ever admits that they wanted to take their life.
Chorus
C#
The drink slips down my throat
Fm
and the burn cures nice and slow.
D5 G#
All the worst parts I wouldn't want you to see
C#
The only parts left of me
Now, here I am
A#m
Just a kid without a better plan.
F#sus2 D5
But it's the simple thoughts that haunt me the most.
G#
I never got to see the west coast.
Asus2, E, Asus2, E, G#
Asus2, E, Asus2, E, G#
A#m
But it's the life I dreamed I have
A
The love I find in my grasp
G# D5
The words I could share with someone.
A#m
Those thoughts keep the breath in my lungs
A
That tomorrow my hope will become
G# D5
fulfilled by a love that can't be undone.
F#sus2 C# G#
And save a wretch like me.
Chorus
C#
So if the drink slips down your throat
Fm
and the burn cures nice and slow.
D5 G#
All the worst parts you wouldn't want me to see.
C#
The same parts, I have in me
A#m
Now, scares me too we are both this way.
F#sus2
I feel just like you do.
G#
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