Next Year People Live chords by Colin Hay

Chords with lyrics

This is a tab of Colin's live performance on Comedy Bang! Bang! the Podcast (2/16/15)

Link to performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=121wUrSHQz0

Standard tuning, capo 4th fret.

All chords are pretty standard except E6sus2sus4 (I'm not even sure that this is the right name).
Here's how he plays it:

e|----0----|
BB|----0----|
G+G|----2----|
D MajorD|----4----|
A augmentedA|----4----|
E MajorE|----x----|

INTRO:

e|------------2----2----2--2--2--|  x2
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--|


VERSE 1:

     E6sus2sus4             G+G       D MajorD
You can't live without hope that things will change for the better
     E minorEm                G+G      B minorBm
You can't live without the dream of someone reading your letter
     E6sus2sus4       G+G      D MajorD
We've had dust storms before and spit out the dirt
   E minorEm            G+G        B minorBm
We've had droughts before, but none quite like this
     E6sus2sus4       G+G      D MajorD
We've had winds that cut up your face all to pieces
   E minorEm               G+G       B minorBm
Black blizzards that stripped all the paint off your car
E6sus2sus4       G+G     D MajorD
Fires like twisters, no sisters of mercy
   E minorEm          G+G     B minorBm
They come with no warning, only that sound
E minorEm            G+G     B minorBm
God is roaring drunk and out on the town


CHORUS:

D MajorD     G+G          D MajorD
Next year, everything will come good
  E minorEm              G+G      B minorBm
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
   E minorEm         G+G
We'll eat, drink, and be merry
   D MajorD        Em7/BEm7/B
Yeah, next year people wait and see
   G+G         B minorBm
We're next year people, you and me

VERSE 2:

E6sus2sus4         G+G    D MajorD
Henry got hit by lightening twice in head
  E minorEm            G+G       B minorBm
He stood and walked away, we thought he was dead
E6sus2sus4          G+G      D MajorD
Now he talks funny, says he's wired to the sky
  E minorEm               G+G      B minorBm
He walks for miles and miles, and no one knows why
E6sus2sus4             G+G       D MajorD
The bank men, they came and wrote things down on paper
  E minorEm          G+G        B minorBm
We all went outside and just stood around
E6sus2sus4                G+G      D MajorD
We were glad when they left, they brought nothing but heartache
  E minorEm             D MajorD       B minorBm
And the seed we had planted, it stayed in the ground


CHORUS:

D MajorD     G+G          D MajorD
Next year, everything will come good
  E minorEm              G+G      B minorBm
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
   E minorEm         G+G
We'll eat, drink, and be merry
   D MajorD        Em7/BEm7/B
Yeah, next year people wait and see
   G+G         B minorBm
We're next year people, you and me


VERSE 3:

E6sus2sus4          G+G      D MajorD
Dry endless plains, and we've suffered the worst
E minorEm            G+G      B minorBm
Are we being punished or are we just cursed?
E6sus2sus4         G+G     D MajorD
It's almost ten years, and no drop of rain
E minorEm                G+G      B minorBm
Only mocking blue skies bringing more of the same
E6sus2sus4           G+G     D MajorD
Our mother was crying when they sent us to stay
   E minorEm             G+G    B minorBm
With strangers in a town and we both ran away
E6sus2sus4        G+G   D MajorD
Back to the dust and see Henry again
E minorEm                 G+G
We're creatures of habit, don't you know
E minorEm       G+G      B minorBm
One day we'll reap what we sow.


CHORUS (Scott Aukerman, Paul F. Tompkins, and Gillian Jacobs sing background):

D MajorD     G+G          D MajorD
Next year, everything will come good
  E minorEm              G+G      B minorBm
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
   E minorEm         G+G
We'll eat, drink, and be merry
   D MajorD        Em7/BEm7/B
Yeah, next year people wait and see
   G+G         B minorBm
We're next year people, you and me


Enjoy!