This Year chords by The Mountain Goats (Official Version)
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I broke free on a Saturday morning
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I put the pedal to the floor
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Headed north on Mills Avenue
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And listened to the engine roar
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Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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My broken house behind me
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and good things ahead
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A girl named Cathy wants a little of my time
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Six cylinders underneath the hood
crashing and kicking
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Aha! Listen to the engine whine
Chorus 1
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I am gonna make it through this year
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if it kills me
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I am gonna make it through this year
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if it kills me
Interlude 2
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Verse 3
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I played video games in a drunken haze
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I was seventeen years young
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Hurt my knuckles punching the machines
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The taste of Scotch rich on my tongue
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Verse 4
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And then Cathy showed up and we hung out
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Trading swigs from a bottle all
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bitter and clean
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Locking eyes, holding hands
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Twin high maintenance machines
Chorus 2
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I am gonna make it
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through this year if it kills me
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I am gonna make it
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through this year if it kills me
Bridge 1
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I drove home in the California dusk
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I could feel the alcohol inside of me hum
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Pictured the look on my stepfather's face
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Ready for the bad things to come
Verse 5
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I downshifted as I pulled into the driveway
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The motor screaming out stuck in
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The scene ends badly
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as you might imagine
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In a cavalcade of anger and fear
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There will be feasting and dancing
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in Jerusalem next year
Chorus 3
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I am gonna make it
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through this year if it kills me
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I am gonna make it
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through this year if it kills me
Outro 1
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This Year
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