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The Mountain Goats- This Year
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Tuning: Standard
Chords by Section
Intro and Between Verses/Chorus
[A] [C#m] [Bsus4] [A]
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|-2---5---5-----2---------|
|-2---6---7-----2---------|
|-2-- 6---7-----2---------|
|-0---4---5-----0---------|
|---------5---------------|
[A] [E] [D] [A]
|-0---0---2-----0---------|
|-2---0---3-----2---------|
|-2---1---2-----2---------|
|-2-- 2---------2---------|
|-0---2---------0---------|
|-----0-------------------|
Verse
[A] [E] [D] [A]
|-0---0---2-----0---------|
|-2---0---3-----2---------|
|-2---1---2-----2---------|
|-2-- 2---------2---------|
|-0---2---------0---------|
|-----0-------------------|
Bridge
[F#m] [A] [D] [E]
|-2----0---2---0--|
|-2----2---3---0--|
|-2----2---2---1--|
|-4----0-------2--|
|-4------------2--|
|-2------------0--|
INTRO
[A] [C#m] [Bsus4] [A]
[A] [E] [D] [E]
[A] [C#m] [Bsus4] [A]
[A] [E] [D] [E]
VERSE
[A]I broke free on a Saturday [E]morning, I put the p[D]edal to the fl[A]oor
Headed no[A]rth on Mills Aven[E]ue and list[D]ened to the engine ro[A]ar
[A] [C#m] [Bsus4] [A]
[A] [E] [D] [E]
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
I am going to m[A]ake it through this ye[E]ar if it ki[D]lls me[A]
I am going to m[A]ake it though this yea[E]r if it kil[D]ls me[A]
[A] [C#m] [Bsus4] [A]
[A] [E] [D] [E]
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
[A] [C#m] [Bsus4] [A]
[A] [E] [D] [E]
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#m]I drove home in the California du[A]sk,
[F#m]I could feel the alcohol inside of me [A]hum
[F#m]Pictured the look on my stepfather's f[A]ace
[D]ready for the bad things to [E]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
[A] [C#m] [Bsus4] [A]
[A] [E] [D] [E]
