VERSE 1:
E6sus2sus4 D A
You can't live without hope that things will change for the better
Bm D F#m
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
Bm D F#m
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
Bm D F#m
Black blizzards that stripped all the paint off your car
E6sus2sus4 D A
Fires like twisters, no sisters of mercy
Bm D F#m
They come with no warning, only that sound
Bm D F#m
God is roaring drunk and out on the town
CHORUS:
A D A
Next year, everything will come good
Bm D F#m
The rains they will fall and will dance on the hood
A D A
We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food
Bm D
We'll eat, drink, and be merry
A Bm7/F#
Yeah, next year people wait and see
D F#m
We're next year people, you and me
VERSE 2:
E6sus2sus4 D A
Henry got hit by lightening twice in head
Bm D F#m
He stood and walked away, we thought he was dead
E6sus2sus4 D A
Now he talks funny, says he's wired to the sky
Bm D F#m
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
Bm D F#m
We all went outside and just stood around
E6sus2sus4 D A
We were glad when they left, they brought nothing but heartache
Bm D F#m
And the seed we had planted, it stayed in the ground
CHORUS:
A D A
Next year, everything will come good
Bm D F#m
The rains they will fall and will dance on the hood
A D A
We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food
Bm D
We'll eat, drink, and be merry
A Bm7/F#
Yeah, next year people wait and see
D F#m
We're next year people, you and me
VERSE 3:
E6sus2sus4 D A
Dry endless plains, and we've suffered the worst
Bm D F#m
Are we being punished or are we just cursed?
E6sus2sus4 D A
It's almost ten years, and no drop of rain
Bm D F#m
Only mocking blue skies bringing more of the same
E6sus2sus4 D A
Our mother was crying when they sent us to stay
Bm D F#m
With strangers in a town and we both ran away
E6sus2sus4 D A
Back to the dust and see Henry again
Bm D
We're creatures of habit, don't you know
Bm D F#m
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
Bm D F#m
The rains they will fall and will dance on the hood
A D A
We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food
Bm D
We'll eat, drink, and be merry
A Bm7/F#
Yeah, next year people wait and see
D F#m
We're next year people, you and me
Enjoy!