Next Chords by Scott Walker
Tempo:
101.4 bpm
Chords used:
E
F
Em
Am
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] [F] [E]
[Am] [E] [Am] Naked as sin, [Ab] an army towel [C] covering my belly, [Am] some of a slush, somehow knees [E] turning [F] to jelly.
[E] Next, [D] next, [E] I was [F] still just a kid, [E] there were a hundred [D] like me, I [E] followed a naked
[F] body, [Em] a [E] naked body followed [Am] me.
[E] Next, [Am] next, I [Dm] was still just a [G] kid, when my [C] innocence was lost in a mobile army [Dm] whorehouse,
gift of [E] the army, free [F] of [G]
[E] cost.
Next, [F] [G] you're [E] next, me, [B] I really would have liked [C] a little touch of tenderness, maybe
a word, just a smile, some [F] instant [E] happiness, but no, no, [F] next, [E] next, [D] oh it [E] wasn't so tragic,
[F] the high heavens didn't fall, but [E] how [D] much at that time I [Em] hated being there at all.
[E] Next, next, [B] [C] now I [D] always will recall the [G] brothel truck, [C] the flying flags, the queer [Dm] lieutenant
who slapped our asses [Em] as if we were fags.
Next, [F] you're [G] next, [E] I swear on the wet head of my first case of gonorrhea, it's this ugly
voice that [Am] I forever [Em] hear.
[F] Next,
[E] next, [Dm] that voice that [E] stinks of corpses, [F] of whiskey and [E] of mud, [Am] it is the voice [Em] of
nations, that [E] thick voice [Am] of blood.
[E] Next, [B] next, [C] [F] and since [Dm] then each woman I've [C] taken to bed seems to [Dm] laugh in my arms and
[E] whisper through [F] my [Em] head.
Next, next, [E] [A] all the naked and the [E] dead should hold each other's hands as they watch me scream
at night [Am] in a dream [E] no one can [B] understand.
Next, [E] next, [B] and when [E] I'm not screaming [F] in a voice grown [Em] dry and hollow, [D] I [Em] stand on endless
naked lines of [E] the following [A] and the [E] followed.
Next, [C] next, one day I'll cut [F] my legs off and burn myself [C] alive, anything, I'll do [Dm] anything
to get out of line just to [Em] survive.
A never to be next, of [E] never to be [Em] next.
Next.
[E] [A]
[N]
[Am] [E] [Am] Naked as sin, [Ab] an army towel [C] covering my belly, [Am] some of a slush, somehow knees [E] turning [F] to jelly.
[E] Next, [D] next, [E] I was [F] still just a kid, [E] there were a hundred [D] like me, I [E] followed a naked
[F] body, [Em] a [E] naked body followed [Am] me.
[E] Next, [Am] next, I [Dm] was still just a [G] kid, when my [C] innocence was lost in a mobile army [Dm] whorehouse,
gift of [E] the army, free [F] of [G]
[E] cost.
Next, [F] [G] you're [E] next, me, [B] I really would have liked [C] a little touch of tenderness, maybe
a word, just a smile, some [F] instant [E] happiness, but no, no, [F] next, [E] next, [D] oh it [E] wasn't so tragic,
[F] the high heavens didn't fall, but [E] how [D] much at that time I [Em] hated being there at all.
[E] Next, next, [B] [C] now I [D] always will recall the [G] brothel truck, [C] the flying flags, the queer [Dm] lieutenant
who slapped our asses [Em] as if we were fags.
Next, [F] you're [G] next, [E] I swear on the wet head of my first case of gonorrhea, it's this ugly
voice that [Am] I forever [Em] hear.
[F] Next,
[E] next, [Dm] that voice that [E] stinks of corpses, [F] of whiskey and [E] of mud, [Am] it is the voice [Em] of
nations, that [E] thick voice [Am] of blood.
[E] Next, [B] next, [C] [F] and since [Dm] then each woman I've [C] taken to bed seems to [Dm] laugh in my arms and
[E] whisper through [F] my [Em] head.
Next, next, [E] [A] all the naked and the [E] dead should hold each other's hands as they watch me scream
at night [Am] in a dream [E] no one can [B] understand.
Next, [E] next, [B] and when [E] I'm not screaming [F] in a voice grown [Em] dry and hollow, [D] I [Em] stand on endless
naked lines of [E] the following [A] and the [E] followed.
Next, [C] next, one day I'll cut [F] my legs off and burn myself [C] alive, anything, I'll do [Dm] anything
to get out of line just to [Em] survive.
A never to be next, of [E] never to be [Em] next.
Next.
[E] [A]
[N]
Key:
E
F
Em
Am
C
E
F
Em
[E] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] Naked as sin, [Ab] an army towel [C] covering my belly, [Am] some of a slush, somehow knees [E] turning [F] to jelly.
[E] Next, [D] next, _ [E] I was [F] still just a kid, [E] there were a hundred [D] like me, I [E] followed a naked
[F] body, [Em] a [E] naked body followed [Am] me.
[E] Next, [Am] next, I [Dm] was still just a [G] kid, when my [C] innocence was lost in a mobile army [Dm] whorehouse,
gift of [E] the army, free [F] of [G]
[E] cost.
Next, [F] [G] you're [E] next, me, [B] I really would have liked [C] a little touch of tenderness, maybe
a word, just a smile, some [F] instant [E] happiness, but no, no, [F] next, [E] next, [D] oh it [E] wasn't so tragic,
[F] the high heavens didn't fall, but [E] how [D] much at that time I [Em] hated being there at all.
[E] Next, next, _ _ [B] _ [C] now I [D] always will recall the [G] brothel truck, [C] the flying flags, the queer [Dm] lieutenant
who slapped our asses [Em] as if we were fags.
Next, [F] you're [G] next, [E] _ I swear on the wet head of my first case of gonorrhea, it's this ugly
voice that [Am] I forever [Em] hear.
[F] Next, _
[E] next, [Dm] that voice that [E] stinks of corpses, [F] of whiskey and [E] of mud, [Am] it is the voice [Em] of
nations, that [E] thick voice [Am] of blood.
[E] Next, [B] next, [C] _ [F] and since [Dm] then each woman I've [C] taken to bed seems to [Dm] laugh in my arms and
[E] whisper through [F] my [Em] head.
Next, _ next, [E] [A] all the naked and the [E] dead should hold each other's hands as they watch me scream
at night [Am] in a dream [E] no one can [B] understand.
Next, [E] next, [B] and when [E] I'm not screaming [F] in a voice grown [Em] dry and hollow, [D] I [Em] stand on endless
naked lines of [E] the following [A] and the [E] followed.
Next, [C] next, one day I'll cut [F] my legs off and burn myself [C] alive, anything, I'll do [Dm] anything
to get out of line just to [Em] survive.
A never to be next, of [E] never to be [Em] next.
Next. _
_ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] Naked as sin, [Ab] an army towel [C] covering my belly, [Am] some of a slush, somehow knees [E] turning [F] to jelly.
[E] Next, [D] next, _ [E] I was [F] still just a kid, [E] there were a hundred [D] like me, I [E] followed a naked
[F] body, [Em] a [E] naked body followed [Am] me.
[E] Next, [Am] next, I [Dm] was still just a [G] kid, when my [C] innocence was lost in a mobile army [Dm] whorehouse,
gift of [E] the army, free [F] of [G]
[E] cost.
Next, [F] [G] you're [E] next, me, [B] I really would have liked [C] a little touch of tenderness, maybe
a word, just a smile, some [F] instant [E] happiness, but no, no, [F] next, [E] next, [D] oh it [E] wasn't so tragic,
[F] the high heavens didn't fall, but [E] how [D] much at that time I [Em] hated being there at all.
[E] Next, next, _ _ [B] _ [C] now I [D] always will recall the [G] brothel truck, [C] the flying flags, the queer [Dm] lieutenant
who slapped our asses [Em] as if we were fags.
Next, [F] you're [G] next, [E] _ I swear on the wet head of my first case of gonorrhea, it's this ugly
voice that [Am] I forever [Em] hear.
[F] Next, _
[E] next, [Dm] that voice that [E] stinks of corpses, [F] of whiskey and [E] of mud, [Am] it is the voice [Em] of
nations, that [E] thick voice [Am] of blood.
[E] Next, [B] next, [C] _ [F] and since [Dm] then each woman I've [C] taken to bed seems to [Dm] laugh in my arms and
[E] whisper through [F] my [Em] head.
Next, _ next, [E] [A] all the naked and the [E] dead should hold each other's hands as they watch me scream
at night [Am] in a dream [E] no one can [B] understand.
Next, [E] next, [B] and when [E] I'm not screaming [F] in a voice grown [Em] dry and hollow, [D] I [Em] stand on endless
naked lines of [E] the following [A] and the [E] followed.
Next, [C] next, one day I'll cut [F] my legs off and burn myself [C] alive, anything, I'll do [Dm] anything
to get out of line just to [Em] survive.
A never to be next, of [E] never to be [Em] next.
Next. _
_ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _