Chords for The Mountain Goats - This Year (Video)

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[A] _ _ _ I broke free on a Saturday [E] _ morning, [D] put the pedal to the [A] floor.
_ Headed north on Mills [E] Avenue, _ and [D] listened to the [A] engine roar.
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[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ .
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[A] _ _ _ _ My broken house behind me [E] and good things ahead.
A [D] girl named Kathy wants a little of [A] my time.
_ Six cylinders underneath [E] the hood, crashing and kicking.
[D] Ah ha, listen to the [A] engine whine.
I am gonna make it through [E] this year, if [D] it kills me.
[A] _ _ _ I am gonna make it through [E] this year, if [D] it kills me.
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[A] _ _ _ I played video games in [E] a drunken haze.
I [D] was 17 [A] years young.
_ Hurt my knuckle, punching the [E] machines.
The [D] taste of scotch rich on [A] my tongue.
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[Em] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ .
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[E] _ [A] _ _ _ And then Kathy showed up and [E] we hung out.
_ [D] Trading swigs from the bottle, [A] all bitter and clean.
Locking eyes, _ [E] holding hands, twin [D] high maintenance _ [A] machines.
I am gonna make it through this [E] year, if [D] it kills me.
_ [A] _ _ I am gonna make it through this [E] year, if it [D] kills me.
[A] _ _ _ _ [F#m] I drove home in the [A] California dusk.
_ [D] I could feel the alcohol [A] inside of me.
Home [F#m] picture the look on my [A] stepfather's face.
_ _ [D] Ready for the bad [E] things to come.
I [A] downshifted as I pulled into [E] the driveway.
_ [D] The motor screaming out, [A] stuck in second gear.
The scene ends badly as you [E] might imagine.
_ [D] In a cavalcade of anger [A] and fear.
There will be feasting [C#m] and dancing [D] in Jerusalem [E] next _ year.
I [A] am gonna make it through this [E] year, if [D] it kills me.
_ [A] _ _ I am gonna make it through this [E] year, if [D] it kills me.
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