This Year Live Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

A C♯m D A

A E D A

A C♯m D A

A E D A

Verse 1

AI broke frEee on a Saturday mornDing, I put the pedalA too the floor

Headed noArth on Mills AvEenue and listenedD to the engine roaAr

A C♯m D A

A E D A

My broken house beAhind me and good things Eahead,

a girl named CaDthy wants a little of my tAime

Six cylinders undAerneath the hood crashingE and kicking

aha! liDsten to the engine wAhine

Chorus

I am going to mAake it through this yeEar if it killDs me A

I am going to mAake it though this yeaEr if it killDs me A

Verse 2

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

F♯mI drove home in the California duAsk,

DI could feel the alcohol inside of me hAum

F♯mPictured the look on my stepfather's fAace,

Dready for the bad things to Ecome.

Verse 3

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

VERSE 3 CONT'D (this varies from the other verses)

There will be Afeasting and C♯mdancing in DJerusalem next Eyear

Chorus

Outro

A C♯m D A

A E D A

A C♯m D A

A E D A