Artist: Colin Hay Song: Next Year People (acoustic) Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OUA1GC5kAI 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.x 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#9 A9 Bmadd11 e|------------x----x----x--x--x--| 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---------x----x----x--x--x--| x2 Verse: A6add9 G D/F# You can't live without hope that things will change for the better Em7/B G Bmadd11 You can't live without the dream of someone reading your letter A6add9 G D/F# We've had dust storms before and spit out the dirt Em7/B G Bmadd11 We've had droughts before, but none quite like this A6add9 G D/F# We've had winds that cut up your face all to pieces Em7/B G Bmadd11 Black blizzards that stripped all the paint off your car A6add9 G D/F# Fires like twisters, no sisters of mercy Em7/B G Bmadd11 They come with no warning, only that sound Em G Bmadd11 F#9 A9 God is roaring drunk and out on the town Chorus: D G D Next year, everything will come good Em7/B G Bmadd11 The rains they will fall and will dance on the hood D G D We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food Em7/B G We'll eat, drink, and be merry D Em7/B Yeah, next year people wait and see G Bmadd11 F#9 A9 Bmadd11 We're next year people, you and me Verse: A6add9 G D/F# Henry got hit by lightening twice in head Em7/B G Bmadd11 He stood and walked away, we thought he was dead A6add9 G D/F# Now he talks funny, says he's wired to the sky Em7/B G Bmadd11 He walks for miles and miles, and no one knows why A6add9 G D/F# The bank men, they came and wrote things down on paper Em7/B G Bmadd11 We all went outside and just stood around A6add9 G D/F# We were glad when they left, they brought nothing but heartache Em G Bmadd11 F#9 A9 And the seed we had planted, it stayed in the ground Chorus: D G D Next year, everything will come good Em7/B G Bmadd11 The rains they will fall and will dance on the hood D G D We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food Em7/B G We'll eat, drink, and be merry D Em7/B Yeah, next year people wait and see G Bmadd11 F#9 A9 Bmadd11 We're next year people, you and me Verse: A6add9 G D/F# Dry endless plains, and we've suffered the worst Em7/B G Bmadd11 Are we being punished or are we just cursed? A6add9 G D/F# It's almost ten years, and no drop of rain Em7/B G Bmadd11 Only mocking blue skies bringing more of the same A6add9 G D/F# Our mother was crying when they sent us to stay Em7/B G Bmadd11 With strangers in a town and we both ran away A6add9 G D/F# Back to the dust and see Henry again Em7/B G We're creatures of habit, don't you know Em G Bmadd11 F#9 A9 One day we'll reap what we sow. Chorus: D G D Next year, everything will come good Em7/B G Bmadd11 The rains they will fall and will dance on the hood D G D We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food Em7/B G We'll eat, drink, and be merry D Em7/B Yeah, next year people wait and see G Bmadd11 We're next year people, you and me D Em7/B Yeah, next year people wait and see G Bmadd11 F#9 A9 Bmadd11 We're next year people, you and me End: F#9 A9 Bmadd11 F#9 A9 Bmadd11 Note II: If you have any corrections or improvements to the tab write them on the comments section, or send me a message, or e-mail, so we can together make this tab even better. SCA, [email protected]
