A5       E5          B5
So is it courage or strength
        F5
and is that what I'm waiting for?
A5       E5          B5
If I could just kill myself
          F5
would it also kill the remorse?
A5         E5        B5
I wanted so badly to catch a break
         F5
but I'm only breaking down.
A5                 E5
I'm still here and standing
            B5
but if it's up to me
    F5                A5 E5            B5
I don't think I'll be         hanging around

Chorus
      E5
The drink slips down my throat
         Ab5
and the burn cures nice and slow.
         F5                                 B5
All the worst parts I wouldn't want you to see
                       E5
The only parts left of me

Now, here I am
        C#5
Just a kid without a better plan.
             A5                              F5
But it's the simple thoughts that haunt me the most.
    B5
I never got to see the west coast.

A5 , E5 , A5 , E5 , B5
A5 , E5 , A5 , E5 , B5

A5      E5                 B5
Spent my nights just asking why
       F5
Would God let me become like this.
A5     E5              B5
Was it a joke from the start?
        F5 
Was I supposed to laugh more at it?
A5             E5                          B5
And everyone's quoting their teachers and preachers
           F5
but their words make me feel so alone.
A5    E~                    B~
No one ever says that they've had those thoughts
         F5
in the middle of the night.
A9~   E~                    B~
No one ever admits that they wanted to take their life.

Chorus
      E5
The drink slips down my throat
         Ab5
and the burn cures nice and slow.
         F5                                 B5
All the worst parts I wouldn't want you to see
                       E5
The only parts left of me

Now, here I am
        C#5
Just a kid without a better plan.
             A5                              F5
But it's the simple thoughts that haunt me the most.
    B5
I never got to see the west coast.

A5 , E5 , A5 , E5 , B5
A5 , E5 , A5 , E5 , B5

              C#5
But it's the life I dreamed I have
      C5
The love I find in my grasp
      B5                         F5
The words I could share with someone.
         C#5
Those thoughts keep the breath in my lungs
        C5
That tomorrow my hope will become
    B5                               F5
fulfilled by a love that can't be undone.
    A5    E5         B5
And save a wretch like me.

Chorus
            E5
So if the drink slips down your throat
         Ab5
and the burn cures nice and slow.
         F5                                  B5   
All the worst parts you wouldn't want me to see.
                          E5
The same parts, I have in me
                           C#5
Now, scares me too we are both this way.
                    A5
I feel just like you do.
                                        B5
But when you're by yourself you should know

One day we got to see the west coast. 

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