{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1726833,"song":"Next Year People Live","artist":"Colin Hay","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11367702-next-year-people-live-chords-by-colin-hay/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1726833?type=chord","rating":4.6991,"votes":32,"content":"Standard tuning, capo 4th fret. \r\n\r\nAll chords are pretty standard except E6sus2sus4 (I'm not even sure that this is the right name). \r\nHere's how he plays it:\r\n\r\n[tab]e|----0----| \r\nB|----0----|\r\nG|----2----|\r\nD|----4----|\r\nA|----4----|\r\nE|----x----|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO:\r\n\r\n[tab]e|------------2----2----2--2--2--|    x2 \r\nB|------------3----3----3--3--3--|\r\nG|------------4----4----4--4--4--|\r\nD|------------4----4----4--4--4--|\r\nA|-------0----2----2----2--2--2--|\r\nE|--2---------2----2----2--2--2--|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 1:\r\n\r\n[tab]          E6sus2sus4                         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou can't live without hope that things will change for the better[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nYou can't live without the dream of someone reading your letter[/tab]\r\n[tab]          E6sus2sus4             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]       \r\nWe've had dust storms before and spit out the dirt [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWe've had droughts before, but none quite like this[/tab]\r\n[tab]          E6sus2sus4             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe've had winds that cut up your face all to pieces [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBlack blizzards that stripped all the paint off your car[/tab]\r\n[tab]E6sus2sus4              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFires like twisters, no sisters of mercy[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThey come with no warning, only that sound [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nGod is roaring drunk and out on the town[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNext year, everything will come good[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe rains they will fall and will dance on the hood[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]         \r\nWe'll eat, drink, and be merry[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em7/B[/ch]               \r\nYeah, next year people wait and see[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWe're next year people, you and me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 2:\r\n\r\n[tab]E6sus2sus4                  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHenry got hit by lightening twice in head[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]  \r\nHe stood and walked away, we thought he was dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]E6sus2sus4                    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow he talks funny, says he's wired to the sky [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHe walks for miles and miles, and no one knows why[/tab]\r\n[tab]E6sus2sus4                         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch] \r\nThe bank men, they came and wrote things down on paper[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWe all went outside and just stood around [/tab]\r\n[tab]E6sus2sus4                                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe were glad when they left, they brought nothing but heartache[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd the seed we had planted, it stayed in the ground [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNext year, everything will come good[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe rains they will fall and will dance on the hood[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]         \r\nWe'll eat, drink, and be merry[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em7/B[/ch]               \r\nYeah, next year people wait and see[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWe're next year people, you and me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVERSE 3:\r\n\r\n[tab]E6sus2sus4                    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDry endless plains, and we've suffered the worst[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAre we being punished or are we just cursed?[/tab]\r\n[tab]E6sus2sus4                 [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt's almost ten years, and no drop of rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOnly mocking blue skies bringing more of the same[/tab]\r\n[tab]E6sus2sus4                      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOur mother was crying when they sent us to stay[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]      \r\nWith strangers in a town and we both ran away[/tab]\r\n[tab]E6sus2sus4               [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBack to the dust and see Henry again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nWe're creatures of habit, don't you know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOne day we'll reap what we sow.[/tab]\r\n \r\n\r\nCHORUS (Scott Aukerman, Paul F. Tompkins, and Gillian Jacobs sing background):\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNext year, everything will come good[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe rains they will fall and will dance on the hood[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]         \r\nWe'll eat, drink, and be merry[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em7/B[/ch]               \r\nYeah, next year people wait and see[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWe're next year people, you and me [/tab]\r","plain_text":"Standard tuning, capo 4th fret. \n\nAll chords are pretty standard except E6sus2sus4 (I'm not even sure that this is the right name). \nHere's how he plays it:\n\n\n\n\nINTRO:\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 3:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nCHORUS (Scott Aukerman, Paul F. Tompkins, and Gillian Jacobs sing background):","chords":["B","G","D","A","E","Em","Bm","Em7/B","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}