This Year

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I broke free on a Saturday morning
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I put the pedal to the floor
Headed north on Mills Avenue
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 And listened to the engine roar
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[Verse 2]
      A                           E
My broken house behind me and good things ahead
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A girl named Cathy wants a little of my time
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Six cylinders underneath the hood crashing and kicking
   D                        A
Ahaha! Listen to the engine whine

[Chorus]
             A                      E           D
I am gonna make it through this year if it kills me
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 I am gonna make it through this year if it kills me
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[Verse 3]
         A                    E
I played video games in a drunken haze
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I was seventeen years young
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Hurt my knuckles punching the machines
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The taste of Scotch rich on my tongue
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[Verse 4]
         A                           E
And then Cathy showed up and we hung out
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Trading swigs from a bottle all bitter and clean
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Locking eyes, holding hands
         D                   A
Twin highmaintenance machines

[Chorus]
             A                      E           D
I am gonna make it through this year if it kills me
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 I am gonna make it through this year if it kills me

[Bridge]
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 I drove home in the California dusk
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I could feel the alcohol inside of me hum
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Pictured the look   on my stepfather's face
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Ready for the bad things to come

[Verse 5]
          A                             E
I downshifted as I pulled into the driveway
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The motor screaming out,
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stuck in second gear
The scene ends badly,
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as you might imagine
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In a cavalcade of anger and fear
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There will be feasting and dancing in Jerusalem next year

[Chorus]
             A                      E           D
I am gonna make it through this year if it kills me
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 I am gonna make it through this year if it kills me

[Outro]
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