Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

 Oh no malice does exist

 in these words I am now writing

 Although one might catch

 the faintest glance at sorrow

 I'm but trying hard to grasp

 all these fragments as they're passing

 Piece the puzzle now

 before the trail grows cold

 And I'm not asking for the answers

 in mathematical equations

 to be culled and calculated

 by unbiased hands

For at truth I am so stricken

 And I dare only to forever dance

 Which proves I am the better broken half

 Oh and I am but the bitter better half

Bridge

(play Intro and some tricky hammers :-) )

In my callous speculations

 They leave no room for calm or reason

 I have placed myself in altars that are hollow

 So adept at finding weakness

 I smell fear and close my fists

 Unaware the stench I'm smelling is my own

 So yeah, you left me and I'm bitter

 And my pride is shocked and raw

 For I believe I will be changing roads no more

 I know that life is full of dead ends

 But I saw us as a highway

 Ever stretching on from coast to golden coast

 Oh, but now instead I'm singin'

Refrain

Go west, Emily

 Grab your boots and find yourself somewhere

 I'll find another lover in the east

 I said go west, Emily

 Yeah you know you've got my blessing

 But you can't expect these eyes of mine

 to watch you leave

 So with no malice I'll begin

 just once more to tell our story

 Though the ending I may never hope to know

 You were a sweet and sound companion

 Though our paths led us apart

 And I may never sleep so soundly as I did while in your arms

 Now all I ask is you remember who you loved and who you lost

 Please don't bury me in silence

 Or blackest shroud of thought

 Don't pretend that what we had was any less than what it was

 For I will not soon be forgetting the reasons why

 we fought so hard to make it work

Refrain

 But Go west, Emily

 Grab your boots and find yourself somewhere

 I'll find another lover in the east

 I said go west, Emily

 Yeah you know you've got my blessing

 But you can't expect these eyes of mine

 to watch you leave

to watch you leave

Go west, Emily

 Grab your boots and find yourself somewhere

 I'll find another lover in the east

 I said go west, Emily

 Yeah you know you've got my blessing

 But you can't expect these eyes of mine

 to watch you leave

Outro

same as Intro)