Emery
I Never Got to See the West Coast
Dsus2 A E
So is it courage or strength
A#5
and is that what I'm waiting for?
Dsus2 A E
If I could just kill myself
A#5
would it also kill the remorse?
Dsus2 A E
I wanted so badly to catch a break
A#5
but I'm only breaking down.
Dsus2 A
I'm still here and standing
E
but if it's up to me
A#5 Dsus2 A E
I don't think I'll be hanging around
Chorus
A
The drink slips down my throat
C#m
and the burn cures nice and slow.
A#5 E
All the worst parts I wouldn't want you to see
A
The only parts left of me
Now, here I am
F#m
Just a kid without a better plan.
Dsus2 A#5
But it's the simple thoughts that haunt me the most.
E
I never got to see the west coast.
Asus2, E, Asus2, E, E
Asus2, E, Asus2, E, E
Dsus2 A E
Spent my nights just asking why
A#5
Would God let me become like this.
Dsus2 A E
Was it a joke from the start?
A#5
Was I supposed to laugh more at it?
Dsus2 A E
And everyone's quoting their teachers and preachers
A#5
but their words make me feel so alone.
Dsus2 E~ B~
No one ever says that they've had those thoughts
A#5
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
C#m
and the burn cures nice and slow.
A#5 E
All the worst parts I wouldn't want you to see
A
The only parts left of me
Now, here I am
F#m
Just a kid without a better plan.
Dsus2 A#5
But it's the simple thoughts that haunt me the most.
E
I never got to see the west coast.
Asus2, E, Asus2, E, E
Asus2, E, Asus2, E, E
F#m
But it's the life I dreamed I have
F
The love I find in my grasp
E A#5
The words I could share with someone.
F#m
Those thoughts keep the breath in my lungs
F
That tomorrow my hope will become
E A#5
fulfilled by a love that can't be undone.
Dsus2 A E
And save a wretch like me.
Chorus
A
So if the drink slips down your throat
C#m
and the burn cures nice and slow.
A#5 E
All the worst parts you wouldn't want me to see.
A
The same parts, I have in me
F#m
Now, scares me too we are both this way.
Dsus2
I feel just like you do.
E
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