Chords for Colin Hay - Next Year People (Live TV)

Absolutely brilliant.
We've heard the warm up.
Let's hear the real deal now.
Over to you, Colin.
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_ _ _ You [Bbm] can't live without hope.
[B] The things will [Gb] change for the better.
You [Abm] can't live without the dream
of someone reading [Ebm] your letter. _ _ _
[Bbm] We've had dust storms before [B] and spit out the [Gb] dirt.
[Abm] We've had droughts before, but none [Ebm] quite like this. _ _
_ [Bbm] We've had winds that cut up [B] your face all to [Gb] pieces.
[Abm] Black blizzards that stripped all the paint [Ebm] off your car. _
[Bbm] Fires like [B] twisters, no sisters [Gb] of mercy.
[Abm] You come with no [B] warning, [Ebm] only that sound.
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[Abm] God is roaring drunk [B] out [Ebm] on your town. _
_ _ [Gb] But next [B] year, everything will come [Gb] good.
[Abm] The rains, they will fall and we'll dance [Ebm] on the hood.
[Gb] We'll fill up our [B] bellies with plentiful [Gb] [Abm] food.
We'll eat, [B] drink, and be merry. _ _ _
[Gb] Yeah, next year, people, [Abm] wait and see.
[B] We're next year, people, [Ebm] you and me. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] Henry got hit by [B] lightning twice in the [Gb] head.
[Abm] He stood and walked away, [B] we thought [Ebm] he was dead.
[Bbm] Now he talks [B] funny, says he's wired [Gb] to the sky.
[Abm] He walks for miles and miles and no one [Ebm] knows why.
_ _ _ [Eb] The bank man, they [B] came and wrote things [Gb] down on paper.
[Abm] We all went outside and just stood [Eb] around.
We were glad when they left.
[B] They brought nothing [Gb] but heartache.
[Abm] And the seed we had [B] planted, it stayed [Ebm] in the ground. _ _
_ [Gb] But next year, [Bm] everything [Gb] will come good.
[Abm] The rains, they will fall [B] and we'll dance on [Ebm] the hood.
We'll [Gb] fill up our [B] bellies with [Gb] plentiful food.
[Abm] _ Drink and [B] be merry.
_ _ _ [Gb] Yeah, next year, people, [Abm] wait and see.
[B] We're next year, people, [Ebm] you and me.
_ [Bbm] Dry, endless [B] plains and we suffered [Gb] the worst.
[Abm] Are we being punished [B] or are we [Ebm] just cursed?
[Bbm] It's almost 10 [B] years and no drop of [Gb] rain.
[Abm] Only mocking blue skies [B] bringing more of [Ebm] the same. _
_ _ Our mother was crying [B] when they sent [Gb] us to stay
[Abm] with strangers in a town and we [Ebm] both ran away.
[Bbm]
Back to the dust [B] and see Henry [Gb] again.
[Abm] The creatures of habit, [B] don't you know?
_ _ _ _ [Abm] One [B] day we'll [Ebm] reap what we sow.
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But next year, [B] everything will come [Gb] good.
[Abm] The rains, they will fall [B] and we'll dance [Ebm] on the hood.
[Gb] We'll fill up our [B] bellies with plentiful [Gb] food.
[Abm] We'll eat, drink and [B] be merry.
_ _ [Gb] Yeah, next year, people, [Abm] wait and see.
[B] We're next year, people, [Ebm] you and me.
_ _ [Gb] Yeah, next year, people, [Abm] wait and see.
[B] We're next year, people, [Ebm] you and me.
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