Next Year People chords by Colin Hay
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Intro 1
(F sharp minor) (B minor)
Verse 1
You can't live (F sharp minor) without hope
that things will change (G major) for the bet (D major) ter
You can't live (E minor) without the dream of
someone (G major) reading your (B minor) letter
We've had dust (F sharp minor) storms before
and spit (G major) out the dirt (D major)
We've had (E minor) droughts before but
(G major) none quite like (B minor) this
We've had winds (F sharp minor) that cut up
(E minor) your face (G major) all to pieces (D major)
(E minor) Black blizzards that stripped all
(G major) the paint off your car (B minor)
Fires (F sharp minor) like twisters no sis (G major)
ters of mer (D major) cy
They come (E minor) with no warn
ing (G major) only that (B minor) sound
(E minor) God is roaring drunk and
(G major) out on (B minor) the town
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Verse 2
(B minor)
(Asus4) Next (D major) year everything
(G major) will come good (D major)
The rains (E minor) they will fall and we'll
dance (G major) on the (B minor) hood
We'll fill (D major) up our bellies
with plentiful (G major) food (D major)
We'll (E minor) eat drink and (G major) be merry
Yeah, nex (D major) t year people,
wait and (E minor) see
(G major) We're next year people, you and (B minor) me
Interlude 1
(B minor)
Verse 3
(F sharp minor) Henry got hit by lightning (G major) twice in the head (D major)
He stood (E minor) and walked away,
we thought (G major) he was dead (B minor)
Now (F sharp minor) he talks funny says
(E minor) he's (G major) wired to the sky (D major)
He walks (E minor) for miles and miles (G major) and
no one knows (B minor) why
The bank (F sharp minor) men they came and
(G major) wrote things down on pa (D major) per
We (E minor) all went outside and
just (G major) stood around (B minor)
We were (F sharp minor) glad when they left they
(G major) brought nothing but heartache (D major)
And the seed (E minor) we had planted,
(G major) it stayed in (B minor) the ground
(D major)
Verse 4
Next year everything (G major) will come (D major) good
The (E minor) rains they will fall and we'll
(G major) dance on the (B minor) hood (E minor)
We'll fill (D major) up our bellies
with (G major) plentiful food (D major)
(E minor) We'll eat drink and be (G major) merry
Yeah, next (D major) year people, wait (E minor) and see
We're (G major) next year people,
you an (B minor) d me
Verse 5
(F sharp minor) Dry endless plains and we
suffered (G major) the wor (D major) st
(E minor) Are we being punished
or (G major) are we just cursed (B minor)
It's (F sharp minor) almost ten years (E minor) and
no (G major) drop of rain (D major)
Only mocking (E minor) blue (G major) skies bringing
more of the (B minor) same
(F sharp minor) Our mother was crying when
they sen (G major) t us (D major) away
With strangers (E minor) in a town and
we both (G major) rain away (B minor)
(F sharp minor) Back to the dust and see
(G major) Henry again (D major)
We're (E minor) creatures of habit,
(G major) don't you know
And one (E minor) day we'll reap (G major)
what we (B minor) sow
(A major)
Verse 6
(D major) Next year everything (G major) will come (D major) good
The (E minor) rains they will fall and we'll
dance (G major) on the (B minor) hood
We'll fill (D major) up our bellies
with plentiful (G major) food (D major)
We'll (E minor) eat drink and (G major) be merry
Yeah next (D major) year people, wait (E minor) and see
We're (G major) next year people,
you an (B minor) d me
Yeah, nex (D major) t year people,
wait (E minor) and see
We're (G major) next year people, you an (B minor) d me
Outro 1
(B minor)
Next Year People
Colin Hay
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