VERSE 1:
E6sus2sus4 G# D#
You can't live without hope that things will change for the better
Fm G# Cm
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
Fm G# Cm
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
Fm G# Cm
Black blizzards that stripped all the paint off your car
E6sus2sus4 G# D#
Fires like twisters, no sisters of mercy
Fm G# Cm
They come with no warning, only that sound
Fm G# Cm
God is roaring drunk and out on the town
CHORUS:
D# G# D#
Next year, everything will come good
Fm G# Cm
The rains they will fall and will dance on the hood
D# G# D#
We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food
Fm G#
We'll eat, drink, and be merry
D# Fm7/C
Yeah, next year people wait and see
G# Cm
We're next year people, you and me
VERSE 2:
E6sus2sus4 G# D#
Henry got hit by lightening twice in head
Fm G# Cm
He stood and walked away, we thought he was dead
E6sus2sus4 G# D#
Now he talks funny, says he's wired to the sky
Fm G# Cm
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
Fm G# Cm
We all went outside and just stood around
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We were glad when they left, they brought nothing but heartache
Fm G# Cm
And the seed we had planted, it stayed in the ground
CHORUS:
D# G# D#
Next year, everything will come good
Fm G# Cm
The rains they will fall and will dance on the hood
D# G# D#
We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food
Fm G#
We'll eat, drink, and be merry
D# Fm7/C
Yeah, next year people wait and see
G# Cm
We're next year people, you and me
VERSE 3:
E6sus2sus4 G# D#
Dry endless plains, and we've suffered the worst
Fm G# Cm
Are we being punished or are we just cursed?
E6sus2sus4 G# D#
It's almost ten years, and no drop of rain
Fm G# Cm
Only mocking blue skies bringing more of the same
E6sus2sus4 G# D#
Our mother was crying when they sent us to stay
Fm G# Cm
With strangers in a town and we both ran away
E6sus2sus4 G# D#
Back to the dust and see Henry again
Fm G#
We're creatures of habit, don't you know
Fm G# Cm
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
Fm G# Cm
The rains they will fall and will dance on the hood
D# G# D#
We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food
Fm G#
We'll eat, drink, and be merry
D# Fm7/C
Yeah, next year people wait and see
G# Cm
We're next year people, you and me
Enjoy!