Chords for The Mountain Goats - This Year Cover

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_ _ _ _ _ _ I broke free on Saturday [F#] _ morning, [E] I took a pedal to [F#] the floor. _
Heading north down Hill Valley, _ _ [E] listening to the engine [B] roar. _ _
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[E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
A broken house behind me, [F#] good things ahead, [E] girl named Kathy wants a little [B] of my love. _
Six cylinders [F#] underneath, a hood crashing and kicking [E] a hole, listen to the [F#] engine whine.
I'm gonna make it through this year, if [E] it kills me.
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I'm gonna make it through this year, if [E] it kills me.
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[E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
I played video games [F#] in a drunken haze, [E] I was seventeen [F#] years old.
Hurt my knuckles, punching the machines, it [E] tasted like starch rich on [B] my tongue.
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then Kathy showed up and we hung out, trading [E] swigs from a bottle.
[B] All glittering clear locking eyes, _ [F#] holding hands, twin [E] high maintenance _ [B] machines.
I'm gonna make it through [F#] this year, if [E] it kills me.
_ [B] _ _ I'm gonna make it through [F#] this year, if [E] it kills me.
_ [B] _ I drove [G#m] home in the California _ dusk, I could feel the alcohol inside of me.
I'm picturing the look on my stepfather's face. _ _
[E] Ready for the bad [F#] things to come. _
Downshifted as I pulled into the driveway. _ _
[E] Motor screaming out [B] stuck in second gear, the scene is fabulous, you might [F#] imagine.
[E] In a cavalcade of anger [F#] and fear, there will be feasting and dancing _ [E] in Jerusalem [B] next [F#] year.
I'm [B] gonna make it through [F#] this year, if it [E] kills me.
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I'm gonna make it through this year, if [E] it kills me.
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