"This Could Be My Year" (words and music my Jacob Slichter) 
Semisonic 
from the album "Feeling Strangely Fine"  (MCAD/11733) 
Transcribed by Daniel Pike (dpike0@gtc.georgetown.ky.us) 

Intro: D* A* Em G (4x) 
* Mess around with lifting your finger off the second fret of the first string 
on D and the second fret of the fifth string on A and playing them open 
until you get the rhythm the way it is on the recording.  This only 
happens in the intro, though. 
Verse: 

D                     A 
Thursday's crush is a Friday night rush 
      Em             G 
And a Monday morning cry 
         A                     G 
It's the tail that you keep chasing 
       A               G 
And it gets away every time 
D                       A 
New Year's Eve and it's hard to believe 
        Em              G 
Another Zodiac's gone around 
          A                        G 
While you drank yourself high on hoping 
                A                      G 
And watched the ceiling spin from the ground 

Pre-chorus: 

F# 
Counting down from ten it's time 
       Bm 
To make your annual prayer 
F# 
Secret Santa in the sky 
     Bm                E 
When will I get my share 

Chorus: 

         Em             D 
Then you tell yourself 
         A              E 
What you want to hear 
          Em              G 
Cause you have to believe 
          A          D A Em G 
This will be my year 
                D    A Em G 
This will be my year 

Verse: 

D                            A    
Pound your fist and cross it off your list 
        Em                      G 
But you know you're not that strong 
         A                     G    
When the man at the stop light catches you 
          A                      G 
Singing along to a brand new song 

Well maybe it's 
D                      A 
Trash or the overnight smash that brings your  
Em                            G 
Ship crashing through the wall 
           A                        G 
So you can make your grand departure 
       A                       G 
>From a world getting way too small 

Pre-chorus: 

F# 
One wheel in the ditch another 
Bm 
Spinning in the air 
F# 
Put your pedal down to the floorboard but you're not  
Bm               E 
Getting anywhere 

Chorus: 

         Em             D 
Then you tell yourself 
         A              E 
What you want to hear 
          Em              G 
Cause you have to believe 
          A          D A Em G 
This will be my year 
                D    A Em G 
This will be my year 
                D    A Em G 
This will be my year 
                D    A Em G 
This will be my year 

Outro: D A Em G until end.