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The Mountain Goats- This Year
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Tuning: Standard
Chords by Section
Intro and Between Verses/Chorus
ACBAus4
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|-2---5---5-----2---------|
|-2---6---7-----2---------|
|-2-- 6---7-----2---------|
|-0---4---5-----0---------|
|---------5---------------|
AEDA
|-0---0---2-----0---------|
|-2---0---3-----2---------|
|-2---1---2-----2---------|
|-2-- 2---------2---------|
|-0---2---------0---------|
|-----0-------------------|
Verse
AEDA
|-0---0---2-----0---------|
|-2---0---3-----2---------|
|-2---1---2-----2---------|
|-2-- 2---------2---------|
|-0---2---------0---------|
|-----0-------------------|
Bridge
FADE
|-2----0---2---0--|
|-2----2---3---0--|
|-2----2---2---1--|
|-4----0-------2--|
|-4------------2--|
|-2------------0--|
INTRO
ACBAus4
AEDEACBAus4
AEDE
VERSE
AEDA
I broke free on a Saturday morning, I put the pedal to the floor
AEDA
Headed north on Mills Avenue and listened to the engine roar
ACBAus4
AEDE
My broken house behind me and good things ahead
a girl named Cathy wants a little of my time
Six cylinders underneath the hood crashing and kicking Aha listen to the engine whine
CHORUS
AEDA
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
AEDA
I am going to make it though this year if it kills me
ACBAus4
AEDE
VERSE
I played video games in a drunken haze
I was seventeen years young
Hurt my knuckles punching the machines
the taste of scotch rich on my tongue
ACBAus4
AEDE
And then Cathy showed up and we hung out
trading swigs from a bottle all bitter and clean
locking eyes holding hands
twin high maintenance machines
CHORUS
BRIDGE
F#mA
I drove home in the California dusk,
F#mA
I could feel the alcohol inside of me hum
F#mA
Pictured the look on my stepfather's face
DE
ready for the bad things to come.
VERSE
I down shifted as I pulled into the driveway
the motor screaming out stuck in second gear
The scene ends badly as you might imagine
in a cavalcade of anger and fear
There will be feasting and dancing in Jerusalem next year
CHORUS
ACBAus4
AEDE