----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Mountain Goats- This Year ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning: Standard Chords by Section Intro and Between Verses/Chorus |-0---4---5-----0---------| |-2---5---5-----2---------| |-2---6---7-----2---------| |-2-- 6---7-----2---------| |-0---4---5-----0---------| |---------5---------------| |-0---0---2-----0---------| |-2---0---3-----2---------| |-2---1---2-----2---------| |-2-- 2---------2---------| |-0---2---------0---------| |-----0-------------------| Verse |-0---0---2-----0---------| |-2---0---3-----2---------| |-2---1---2-----2---------| |-2-- 2---------2---------| |-0---2---------0---------| |-----0-------------------| Bridge |-2----0---2---0--| |-2----2---3---0--| |-2----2---2---1--| |-4----2-------2--| |-4----0-------2--| |-2------------0--| INTRO VERSE I broke free on a Saturday morning, I put the pedal to the floor Headed north on Mills Avenue and listened to the engine roar 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 make it through this year if it kills me I am going to make it though this year if it kills me 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 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 I drove home in the California dusk, I could feel the alcohol inside of me hum Pictured the look on my stepfather's face 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