This Year Chords by The Mountain Goats

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I broke free on a Saturday [E] morning I [D] put the pedal to the [A] floor
_ Headed north on Mills [E] Avenue _ And [D] listened to the engine [A] roar
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_ My broken house behind me [E] and good things ahead
A girl [D] named Kathy wants a little of [A] my time
_ Six cylinders underneath [E] the hood crashing and kicking
[D] Ah, listen to the [A] engine whine I am gonna make it through [E] this year
If [D] it kills me _ [A] I _ am gonna make it through [E] this year
If [D] it kills me [A] I _
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_ played video games in [E] a drunken haze
I [D] was seventeen [A] years young Hurt my knuckle punching the [E] machines
The [D] taste of scotch rich on [A] my tongue And _ _ _ [Em] _ [C#m] _ _
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_ then Kathy showed up
And [E] we hung out _ [D] Trading swigs from the bottle
[A] All bitter and clean Locking eyes, _ [E] holding hands
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machines I am gonna make it through [E] this year
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I am gonna make it through this [E] year
If [D] it kills me [A] I _ _ [F#m] drove home in the California [A] _
dusk
[D] I could feel the alcohol [A] inside of me Hung [F#m] pictures of luck on my [A] stepfather's face
_ _ [D] Ready for the bad [E] things to come I [A] downshifted as I pulled into [E] the driveway
[D] The motor screaming out [A] stuck in second gear The scene ends badly as you [E] might imagine
[D] In a cavalcade of anger [A] and fear There will be feasting [C#m] and dancing
_ [D] _ In Jerusalem [E] next _ year I [A] am gonna make it through this [E] year
_ [D] If it kills me [E] [A] I _ _ am gonna make it through this [E] year
If [D] it kills me
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