Emery
I Never Got to See the West Coast
D#sus2 A# F
So is it courage or strength
B5
and is that what I'm waiting for?
D#sus2 A# F
If I could just kill myself
B5
would it also kill the remorse?
D#sus2 A# F
I wanted so badly to catch a break
B5
but I'm only breaking down.
D#sus2 A#
I'm still here and standing
F
but if it's up to me
B5 D#sus2 A# F
I don't think I'll be hanging around
Chorus
A#
The drink slips down my throat
Dm
and the burn cures nice and slow.
B5 F
All the worst parts I wouldn't want you to see
A#
The only parts left of me
Now, here I am
Gm
Just a kid without a better plan.
D#sus2 B5
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
D#sus2 A# F
Spent my nights just asking why
B5
Would God let me become like this.
D#sus2 A# F
Was it a joke from the start?
B5
Was I supposed to laugh more at it?
D#sus2 A# F
And everyone's quoting their teachers and preachers
B5
but their words make me feel so alone.
D#sus2 E~ B~
No one ever says that they've had those thoughts
B5
in the middle of the night.
Asus2~ E~ B~
No one ever admits that they wanted to take their life.
Chorus
A#
The drink slips down my throat
Dm
and the burn cures nice and slow.
B5 F
All the worst parts I wouldn't want you to see
A#
The only parts left of me
Now, here I am
Gm
Just a kid without a better plan.
D#sus2 B5
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
Gm
But it's the life I dreamed I have
F#
The love I find in my grasp
F B5
The words I could share with someone.
Gm
Those thoughts keep the breath in my lungs
F#
That tomorrow my hope will become
F B5
fulfilled by a love that can't be undone.
D#sus2 A# F
And save a wretch like me.
Chorus
A#
So if the drink slips down your throat
Dm
and the burn cures nice and slow.
B5 F
All the worst parts you wouldn't want me to see.
A#
The same parts, I have in me
Gm
Now, scares me too we are both this way.
D#sus2
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