VERSE 1:
E6sus2sus4 D# A#
You can't live without hope that things will change for the better
Cm D# Gm
You can't live without the dream of someone reading your letter
E6sus2sus4 D# A#
We've had dust storms before and spit out the dirt
Cm D# Gm
We've had droughts before, but none quite like this
E6sus2sus4 D# A#
We've had winds that cut up your face all to pieces
Cm D# Gm
Black blizzards that stripped all the paint off your car
E6sus2sus4 D# A#
Fires like twisters, no sisters of mercy
Cm D# Gm
They come with no warning, only that sound
Cm D# Gm
God is roaring drunk and out on the town
CHORUS:
A# D# A#
Next year, everything will come good
Cm D# Gm
The rains they will fall and will dance on the hood
A# D# A#
We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food
Cm D#
We'll eat, drink, and be merry
A# Cm7/G
Yeah, next year people wait and see
D# Gm
We're next year people, you and me
VERSE 2:
E6sus2sus4 D# A#
Henry got hit by lightening twice in head
Cm D# Gm
He stood and walked away, we thought he was dead
E6sus2sus4 D# A#
Now he talks funny, says he's wired to the sky
Cm D# Gm
He walks for miles and miles, and no one knows why
E6sus2sus4 D# A#
The bank men, they came and wrote things down on paper
Cm D# Gm
We all went outside and just stood around
E6sus2sus4 D# A#
We were glad when they left, they brought nothing but heartache
Cm D# Gm
And the seed we had planted, it stayed in the ground
CHORUS:
A# D# A#
Next year, everything will come good
Cm D# Gm
The rains they will fall and will dance on the hood
A# D# A#
We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food
Cm D#
We'll eat, drink, and be merry
A# Cm7/G
Yeah, next year people wait and see
D# Gm
We're next year people, you and me
VERSE 3:
E6sus2sus4 D# A#
Dry endless plains, and we've suffered the worst
Cm D# Gm
Are we being punished or are we just cursed?
E6sus2sus4 D# A#
It's almost ten years, and no drop of rain
Cm D# Gm
Only mocking blue skies bringing more of the same
E6sus2sus4 D# A#
Our mother was crying when they sent us to stay
Cm D# Gm
With strangers in a town and we both ran away
E6sus2sus4 D# A#
Back to the dust and see Henry again
Cm D#
We're creatures of habit, don't you know
Cm D# Gm
One day we'll reap what we sow.
CHORUS (Scott Aukerman, Paul F. Tompkins, and Gillian Jacobs sing background):
A# D# A#
Next year, everything will come good
Cm D# Gm
The rains they will fall and will dance on the hood
A# D# A#
We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food
Cm D#
We'll eat, drink, and be merry
A# Cm7/G
Yeah, next year people wait and see
D# Gm
We're next year people, you and me
Enjoy!