Chords for Next (Remastered 2002)
Tempo:
112.4 bpm
Chords used:
A
Bb
Dm
F
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Dbm] [Dm] [Dbm] [Dm]
[A]
[Bb] [A]
[Bb] [A] [Bb] [A]
[Bb] [A]
[Bbm] [A] [C] [Bb] [A]
[Dm] Naked, a sin, an army, towel covering my belly.
[Dbm] [Dm] [Dbm] [Dm]
[A]
[Bb] [A]
[Bb] [A] [Bb] [A]
[Bb] [A]
[Bbm] [A] [C] [Bb] [A]
[Dm] Naked, a sin, an army, towel covering my belly.
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Bb
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_ [Dbm] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [A] _ _
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_ [Bb] _ [A] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [A] _ _
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_ [Bbm] _ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [A] _
_ [Dm] Naked, a sin, an army, towel _ covering my belly.
Some of us weep, some of us howl, knees [Em] turn to jelly.
But next, _ _ [A] [Db] next, _ [A] I was [Db] just a child, a hundred like me.
[A] I [Db] followed a naked body, [Dm] a naked body followed me.
_ Next, _ next, _ _ [Gm] I was [C] just a child [F] when my innocence was lost.
[Bb] In a mobile army food house, [A] a gift of the army free of cost.
[A] Next, [Bb] _ [A] _
next, _ _ next, _ _ _
_ [Eb] me, I really [Dm] would have liked a little bit of tenderness.
Maybe a word, maybe a [A] smile, maybe some happiness.
But _ _ next, next, _ _ oh it was not so tragic and heaven did not fall.
But how much at the time I [Dm] hated being there at all.
Next, _ _ next, I [Gm] still recall [C] the brothel [F] trucks, the flying [F] flags,
[Bb] the queer lieutenants slapped our [A] asses thinking we were fags.
Next, _ [Am] _ next, _ [A] _ _ I [Bb] _ [E] _ _
_ _ swear, _ _ [Dm] _ _
[Bm] head of my first case of gonorrhea,
it is [A] his ugly voice that I forever fear.
Next, _ _ next, _ a voice that thinks of whiskey, the heart's innocent of mud,
the [Dm] voice of nations, the thick voice of blood. _
Next, _ next, since then [G] each woman [Gm] I have [F] taken into bed,
[Bb] they seem to lie on my arms and they [A] whisper in my head. _
_ [Bb] _ [A] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Am] Next, next, _ _ _ [A] _ oh, they _ _ [Em] _ [Dm] _ could hold each other's hands as they watch me dream at night
in a dream that nobody [A] [Bb] understands.
[A] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [A] And though I am not dreaming in a voice grown bright hollow,
I stand on endless naked [Dm] lines of the following and the following.
Next, _ next, one day I'll cut [Gm] my [C] legs off, [F] I'll burn myself alive,
[Bb] I'll do anything to get out [E] of life to survive.
Not ever to [A] be [F] next, [A] _ next, [Bb] _ [A] _
next, _ _ not to _
_ [Bb] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
be next, _ not to be next. _
_ [Bb] _ [A] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Dbm] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ [A] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [A] _
_ [Bbm] _ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [A] _
_ [Dm] Naked, a sin, an army, towel _ covering my belly.
Some of us weep, some of us howl, knees [Em] turn to jelly.
But next, _ _ [A] [Db] next, _ [A] I was [Db] just a child, a hundred like me.
[A] I [Db] followed a naked body, [Dm] a naked body followed me.
_ Next, _ next, _ _ [Gm] I was [C] just a child [F] when my innocence was lost.
[Bb] In a mobile army food house, [A] a gift of the army free of cost.
[A] Next, [Bb] _ [A] _
next, _ _ next, _ _ _
_ [Eb] me, I really [Dm] would have liked a little bit of tenderness.
Maybe a word, maybe a [A] smile, maybe some happiness.
But _ _ next, next, _ _ oh it was not so tragic and heaven did not fall.
But how much at the time I [Dm] hated being there at all.
Next, _ _ next, I [Gm] still recall [C] the brothel [F] trucks, the flying [F] flags,
[Bb] the queer lieutenants slapped our [A] asses thinking we were fags.
Next, _ [Am] _ next, _ [A] _ _ I [Bb] _ [E] _ _
_ _ swear, _ _ [Dm] _ _
[Bm] head of my first case of gonorrhea,
it is [A] his ugly voice that I forever fear.
Next, _ _ next, _ a voice that thinks of whiskey, the heart's innocent of mud,
the [Dm] voice of nations, the thick voice of blood. _
Next, _ next, since then [G] each woman [Gm] I have [F] taken into bed,
[Bb] they seem to lie on my arms and they [A] whisper in my head. _
_ [Bb] _ [A] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Am] Next, next, _ _ _ [A] _ oh, they _ _ [Em] _ [Dm] _ could hold each other's hands as they watch me dream at night
in a dream that nobody [A] [Bb] understands.
[A] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [A] And though I am not dreaming in a voice grown bright hollow,
I stand on endless naked [Dm] lines of the following and the following.
Next, _ next, one day I'll cut [Gm] my [C] legs off, [F] I'll burn myself alive,
[Bb] I'll do anything to get out [E] of life to survive.
Not ever to [A] be [F] next, [A] _ next, [Bb] _ [A] _
next, _ _ not to _
_ [Bb] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
be next, _ not to be next. _
_ [Bb] _ [A] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _