Emery
I Never Got to See the West Coast
C#sus2 G# D#
So is it courage or strength
A5
and is that what I'm waiting for?
C#sus2 G# D#
If I could just kill myself
A5
would it also kill the remorse?
C#sus2 G# D#
I wanted so badly to catch a break
A5
but I'm only breaking down.
C#sus2 G#
I'm still here and standing
D#
but if it's up to me
A5 C#sus2 G# D#
I don't think I'll be hanging around
Chorus
G#
The drink slips down my throat
Cm
and the burn cures nice and slow.
A5 D#
All the worst parts I wouldn't want you to see
G#
The only parts left of me
Now, here I am
Fm
Just a kid without a better plan.
C#sus2 A5
But it's the simple thoughts that haunt me the most.
D#
I never got to see the west coast.
Asus2, E, Asus2, E, D#
Asus2, E, Asus2, E, D#
C#sus2 G# D#
Spent my nights just asking why
A5
Would God let me become like this.
C#sus2 G# D#
Was it a joke from the start?
A5
Was I supposed to laugh more at it?
C#sus2 G# D#
And everyone's quoting their teachers and preachers
A5
but their words make me feel so alone.
C#sus2 E~ B~
No one ever says that they've had those thoughts
A5
in the middle of the night.
Asus2~ E~ B~
No one ever admits that they wanted to take their life.
Chorus
G#
The drink slips down my throat
Cm
and the burn cures nice and slow.
A5 D#
All the worst parts I wouldn't want you to see
G#
The only parts left of me
Now, here I am
Fm
Just a kid without a better plan.
C#sus2 A5
But it's the simple thoughts that haunt me the most.
D#
I never got to see the west coast.
Asus2, E, Asus2, E, D#
Asus2, E, Asus2, E, D#
Fm
But it's the life I dreamed I have
E
The love I find in my grasp
D# A5
The words I could share with someone.
Fm
Those thoughts keep the breath in my lungs
E
That tomorrow my hope will become
D# A5
fulfilled by a love that can't be undone.
C#sus2 G# D#
And save a wretch like me.
Chorus
G#
So if the drink slips down your throat
Cm
and the burn cures nice and slow.
A5 D#
All the worst parts you wouldn't want me to see.
G#
The same parts, I have in me
Fm
Now, scares me too we are both this way.
C#sus2
I feel just like you do.
D#
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