Chords:
{title:This Year}
{artist:The Mountain Goats}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii6kJaGiRaI Capo 2
{key: G}
{c: Based on version at https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com}
[G] [Bm] [C] [G] [G] [D] [C] [G]
I [G] broke free on a Saturday [D] morning
I put the [C] pedal to the [G] floor
Headed north on Mills Ave-[D]nue
And listened [C] to the engine [G] roar
[G] [Bm] [C] [G] [G] [D] [C] [G]
[G] My broken house behind me and [D] good things ahead
A girl named [C] Cathy wants a little of my [G] time
Six cylinders underneath the hood [D] crashing and kicking
Ah-[C]ah, listen to the engine [G] whine
I am going to make it through this [D] year If it [C] kills me [G]
I am going to make it through this [D] year If it [C] kills me [G]
[G] [Bm] [C] [G] [G] [D] [C] [G]
I played video games in a [D] drunken haze
I was [C] 17 years [G] young
Hurt my knuckles punching the ma-[D]chines
The taste of [C] scotch rich on my [G] tongue
[G] [Bm] [C] [G] [G] [D] [C] [G]
And then Cathy showed up and we [D] hung out
Trading [C] swigs from a bottle, all [G] bitter and clean
Locking eyes, holding [D] hands
Twin high [C] maintenance ma-[G]chines
I am going to make it through this [D] year if it [C] kills me [G] x2
I drove home in the [Em] California [G] dusk
I could [C] feel the alcohol in-[G]side of me hum
Pictured the look [Em] on my stepfather's [G] face
[C] Ready for the bad things to [D] come
I down-[G]shifted as I pulled into the [D] driveway
The motor [C] screaming out, stuck in [G] second gear
The scene ends badly, as you might im-[D]agine
In a [C] cavalcade of anger and [G] fear
There will be feasting and [Bm] dancing in Jer-[C]usalem next [D] year
I am going to [G] make it through this [D] year if it [C] kills me [G] x2
[G] [Bm] [C] [G] [G] [D] [C] [G] .
