INTRO A C#m D C#m/A A E D C#m/A A E/C#m D C#m/A A E D C#m/A VERSE 1 A C#m E D A I broke free on a Saturday morning, I put the pedal too the floor A C#m D A Headed north on Mills Avenue and listened to the engine roar A E C#m D C#m A A C#m E D C#m A A C#m/E My broken house behind me and good things ahead, D/C#m A a girl named Cathy wants a little of my time A C#m/E Six cylinders underneath the hood crashing and kicking D/C#m A aha! listen to the engine whine CHORUS A C#m/E D C#m/A I am going to make it through this year if it kill me A C#m/E D C#m/A I am going to make it though this year if it kills me VERSE 2 A C#m/E I played video games in a drunken haze, D C#m/A I was seventeen years young A C#m/E Hurt my knuckles punching the machines D C#m/A the taste of scotch rich on my tongue A E/C#m D C#m/A A C#m/E D C#m/A A E And then Cathy showed up and we hung out D A trading swigs from a bottle all bitter and clean A E locking eyes holding hands D A twin high maintenance machines CHORUS A C#m/E D C#m/A I am going to make it through this year if it kill me A C#m/E D C#m/A I am going to make it though this year if it kills me BRIDGE F#m A I drove home in the California dusk, F#m A I could feel the alcohol inside of me hum F#m A Pictured the look on my stepfather's face, D Em ready for the bad things to come. VERSE 3 A E I down shifted as I pulled into the driveway, D C#m/A the motor screaming out stuck in second gear A E The scene ends badly as you might imagine D C#m/A in a cavalcade of anger and fear A E/C#m D Em There will be feasting and dancing in Jerusalem next year CHORUS A C#m/E D C#m/A I am going to make it through this year if it kill me A C#m/E D C#m/A I am going to make it though this year if it kills me
