Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)
Difficulty: 0
Artist: Colin Hay
Song: Next Year People (acoustic)
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q5Zn_ZkehM
Transcription: SCA, [email protected]
Note:
Watch the video in the link above!
Tuning: standard
Capo: 4th fret!
Chords used:
F#9: 2.x.x.x.x.x
A9: x.0.x.x.x.x
Bmadd11: x.2.4.4.3.0
A6add9: x.4.4.2.0.0
G: 3.2.0.0.3.x
D/F#: 2.x.0.2.3.x
Em7/B: x.2.0.0.3.3
Em: 0.2.2.0.0.0
D: x.x.0.2.3.2
Intro:
F#9F#9 
A9A9 Bmadd11
e|------------0----0----0--0--0--|
BB|------------3----3----3--3--3--|
G+G|------------4----4----4--4--4--|
D MajorD|------------4----4----4--4--4--|
A augmentedA|-------0----2----2----2--2--2--|
E MajorE|--2---------2----2----2--2--2--| x2
Verse:
A6add9 G+G 
D/F#D/F#
You can't live without hope that things will change for the better
Em7/BEm7/B G+G Bmadd11
You can't live without the dream of someone reading your letter
A6add9 G+G D/F#D/F#
We've had dust storms before and spit out the dirt
Em7/BEm7/B G+G Bmadd11
We've had droughts before, but none quite like this
A6add9 G+G D/F#D/F#
We've had winds that cut up your face all to pieces
Em7/BEm7/B G+G Bmadd11
Black blizzards that stripped all the paint off your car
A6add9 G+G D/F#D/F#
Fires like twisters, no sisters of mercy
Em7/BEm7/B G+G Bmadd11
They come with no warning, only that sound
E minorEm G+G Bmadd11 F#9F#9 A9A9
God is roaring drunk and out on the town
Chorus:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Next year, everything will come good
Em7/BEm7/B G+G Bmadd11
The rains they will fall and will dance on the hood
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food
Em7/BEm7/B G+G
We'll eat, drink, and be merry
D MajorD Em7/BEm7/B
Yeah, next year people wait and see
G+G Bmadd11 F#9F#9 A9A9 Bmadd11
We're next year people, you and me
Verse:
A6add9 G+G D/F#D/F#
Henry got hit by lightening twice in head
Em7/BEm7/B G+G Bmadd11
He stood and walked away, we thought he was dead
A6add9 G+G D/F#D/F#
Now he talks funny, says he's wired to the sky
Em7/BEm7/B G+G Bmadd11
He walks for miles and miles, and no one knows why
A6add9 G+G D/F#D/F#
The bank men, they came and wrote things down on paper
Em7/BEm7/B G+G Bmadd11
We all went outside and just stood around
A6add9 G+G D/F#D/F#
We were glad when they left, they brought nothing but heartache
E minorEm G+G Bmadd11 F#9F#9 A9A9
And the seed we had planted, it stayed in the ground
Chorus:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Next year, everything will come good
Em7/BEm7/B G+G Bmadd11
The rains they will fall and will dance on the hood
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food
Em7/BEm7/B G+G
We'll eat, drink, and be merry
D MajorD Em7/BEm7/B
Yeah, next year people wait and see
G+G Bmadd11 F#9F#9 A9A9 Bmadd11
We're next year people, you and me
Verse:
A6add9 G+G D/F#D/F#
Dry endless plains, and we've suffered the worst
Em7/BEm7/B G+G Bmadd11
Are we being punished or are we just cursed?
A6add9 G+G D/F#D/F#
It's almost ten years, and no drop of rain
Em7/BEm7/B G+G Bmadd11
Only mocking blue skies bringing more of the same
A6add9 G+G D/F#D/F#
Our mother was crying when they sent us to stay
Em7/BEm7/B G+G Bmadd11
With strangers in a town and we both ran away
A6add9 G+G D/F#D/F#
Back to the dust and see Henry again
Em7/BEm7/B G+G
We're creatures of habit, don't you know
E minorEm G+G Bmadd11 F#9F#9 A9A9
One day we'll reap what we sow.
Chorus:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Next year, everything will come good
Em7/BEm7/B G+G Bmadd11
The rains they will fall and will dance on the hood
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food
Em7/BEm7/B G+G
We'll eat, drink, and be merry
D MajorD Em7/BEm7/B
Yeah, next year people wait and see
G+G Bmadd11
We're next year people, you and me
D MajorD Em7/BEm7/B
Yeah, next year people wait and see
G+G Bmadd11 F#9F#9 A9A9 Bmadd11
We're next year people, you and me
End:
F#9F#9 A9A9 Bmadd11 F#9F#9 A9A9 Bmadd11
Note II:
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