This Year
Mountain GoatsVersions2
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Intro and Between Verses/Chorus
A
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A
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A
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E
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|-2----2---3---0--|
|-2----2---2---1--|
|-4----2-------2--|
|-4----0-------2--|
|-2------------0--|
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
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
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
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.
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
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Readable chord sheet for This Year by Mountain Goats
Intro and Between Verses/Chorus [A] [C#m] [Bsus4] [A] |-0---4---5-----0---------| |-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-------------------| [A] [E] [D] [A] |-0---0---2-----0---------| |-2---0---3-----2---------| |-2---1---2-----2---------| |-2-- 2---------2---------| |-0---2---------0---------| |-----0-------------------| [F#m] [A] [D] [E] |-2----0---2---0--| |-2----2---3---0--| |-2----2---2---1--| |-4----2-------2--| |-4----0-------2--| |-2------------0--| [A] [C#m] [Bsus4] [A] [A] [E] [D] [E] [A] [C#m] [Bsus4] [A] [A] [E] [D] [E] [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 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] 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 [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. 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 [A] [C#m] [Bsus4] [A] [A] [E] [D] [E]