Emery
I Never Got to See the West Coast
Esus2 B F#
So is it courage or strength
C5
and is that what I'm waiting for?
Esus2 B F#
If I could just kill myself
C5
would it also kill the remorse?
Esus2 B F#
I wanted so badly to catch a break
C5
but I'm only breaking down.
Esus2 B
I'm still here and standing
F#
but if it's up to me
C5 Esus2 B F#
I don't think I'll be hanging around
Chorus
B
The drink slips down my throat
D#m
and the burn cures nice and slow.
C5 F#
All the worst parts I wouldn't want you to see
B
The only parts left of me
Now, here I am
G#m
Just a kid without a better plan.
Esus2 C5
But it's the simple thoughts that haunt me the most.
F#
I never got to see the west coast.
Asus2, E, Asus2, E, F#
Asus2, E, Asus2, E, F#
Esus2 B F#
Spent my nights just asking why
C5
Would God let me become like this.
Esus2 B F#
Was it a joke from the start?
C5
Was I supposed to laugh more at it?
Esus2 B F#
And everyone's quoting their teachers and preachers
C5
but their words make me feel so alone.
Esus2 E~ B~
No one ever says that they've had those thoughts
C5
in the middle of the night.
Asus2~ E~ B~
No one ever admits that they wanted to take their life.
Chorus
B
The drink slips down my throat
D#m
and the burn cures nice and slow.
C5 F#
All the worst parts I wouldn't want you to see
B
The only parts left of me
Now, here I am
G#m
Just a kid without a better plan.
Esus2 C5
But it's the simple thoughts that haunt me the most.
F#
I never got to see the west coast.
Asus2, E, Asus2, E, F#
Asus2, E, Asus2, E, F#
G#m
But it's the life I dreamed I have
G
The love I find in my grasp
F# C5
The words I could share with someone.
G#m
Those thoughts keep the breath in my lungs
G
That tomorrow my hope will become
F# C5
fulfilled by a love that can't be undone.
Esus2 B F#
And save a wretch like me.
Chorus
B
So if the drink slips down your throat
D#m
and the burn cures nice and slow.
C5 F#
All the worst parts you wouldn't want me to see.
B
The same parts, I have in me
G#m
Now, scares me too we are both this way.
Esus2
I feel just like you do.
F#
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