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Next Year People Live Chords by Colin Hay

Next Year People Live chords by Colin Hay

Guitar 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----|
B|----0----|
G|----2----|
D|----4----|
A|----4----|
E|----x----|
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INTRO:

e|------------2----2----2--2--2--|  x2
B|------------3----3----3--3--3--|
G|------------4----4----4--4--4--|
D|------------4----4----4--4--4--|
A|-------0----2----2----2--2--2--|
E|--2---------2----2----2--2--2--|


VERSE 1:

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


CHORUS:

D     G          D
Next year, everything will come good
  Em              G      Bm
The rains they will fall and will dance on the hood
   D            G     D
We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food
   Em         G
We'll eat, drink, and be merry
   D        Em7/B
Yeah, next year people wait and see
   G         Bm
We're next year people, you and me


VERSE 2:

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


CHORUS:

D     G          D
Next year, everything will come good
  Em              G      Bm
The rains they will fall and will dance on the hood
   D            G     D
We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food
   Em         G
We'll eat, drink, and be merry
   D        Em7/B
Yeah, next year people wait and see
   G         Bm
We're next year people, you and me


VERSE 3:

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


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

D     G          D
Next year, everything will come good
  Em              G      Bm
The rains they will fall and will dance on the hood
   D            G     D
We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food
   Em         G
We'll eat, drink, and be merry
   D        Em7/B
Yeah, next year people wait and see
   G         Bm
We're next year people, you and me



Enjoy!

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