VERSE 1:
E6sus2sus4 A E
You can't live without hope that things will change for the better
F#m A C#m
You can't live without the dream of someone reading your letter
E6sus2sus4 A E
We've had dust storms before and spit out the dirt
F#m A C#m
We've had droughts before, but none quite like this
E6sus2sus4 A E
We've had winds that cut up your face all to pieces
F#m A C#m
Black blizzards that stripped all the paint off your car
E6sus2sus4 A E
Fires like twisters, no sisters of mercy
F#m A C#m
They come with no warning, only that sound
F#m A C#m
God is roaring drunk and out on the town
CHORUS:
E A E
Next year, everything will come good
F#m A C#m
The rains they will fall and will dance on the hood
E A E
We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food
F#m A
We'll eat, drink, and be merry
E F#m7/C#
Yeah, next year people wait and see
A C#m
We're next year people, you and me
VERSE 2:
E6sus2sus4 A E
Henry got hit by lightening twice in head
F#m A C#m
He stood and walked away, we thought he was dead
E6sus2sus4 A E
Now he talks funny, says he's wired to the sky
F#m A C#m
He walks for miles and miles, and no one knows why
E6sus2sus4 A E
The bank men, they came and wrote things down on paper
F#m A C#m
We all went outside and just stood around
E6sus2sus4 A E
We were glad when they left, they brought nothing but heartache
F#m A C#m
And the seed we had planted, it stayed in the ground
CHORUS:
E A E
Next year, everything will come good
F#m A C#m
The rains they will fall and will dance on the hood
E A E
We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food
F#m A
We'll eat, drink, and be merry
E F#m7/C#
Yeah, next year people wait and see
A C#m
We're next year people, you and me
VERSE 3:
E6sus2sus4 A E
Dry endless plains, and we've suffered the worst
F#m A C#m
Are we being punished or are we just cursed?
E6sus2sus4 A E
It's almost ten years, and no drop of rain
F#m A C#m
Only mocking blue skies bringing more of the same
E6sus2sus4 A E
Our mother was crying when they sent us to stay
F#m A C#m
With strangers in a town and we both ran away
E6sus2sus4 A E
Back to the dust and see Henry again
F#m A
We're creatures of habit, don't you know
F#m A C#m
One day we'll reap what we sow.
CHORUS (Scott Aukerman, Paul F. Tompkins, and Gillian Jacobs sing background):
E A E
Next year, everything will come good
F#m A C#m
The rains they will fall and will dance on the hood
E A E
We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food
F#m A
We'll eat, drink, and be merry
E F#m7/C#
Yeah, next year people wait and see
A C#m
We're next year people, you and me
Enjoy!