verse 1:
E6/4GD
You can't live without hope that things will change for the better
EmGBm
You can't live without the dream of someone reading your letter
E6/4GD
We've had dust storms before and spit out the dirt
EmGBm
We've had droughts before, but none quite like this
E6/4GD
We've had winds that cut up your face all to pieces
EmGBm
Black blizzards that stripped all the paint off your car
E6/4GD
Fires like twisters, no sisters of mercy
EmGBm
They come with no warning, only that sound
EmGBm
God is roaring drunk and out on the town
DGD
Next year, everything will come good
EmGBm
The rains they will fall and will dance on the hood
DGD
We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food
EmG
We'll eat, drink, and be merry
DEm7/B
Yeah, next year people wait and see
GBm
We're next year people, you and me
verse 2:
E6/4GD
Henry got hit by lightening twice in head
EmGBm
He stood and walked away, we thought he was dead
E6/4GD
Now he talks funny, says he's wired to the sky
EmGBm
He walks for miles and miles, and no one knows why
E6/4GD
The bank men, they came and wrote things down on paper
EmGBm
We all went outside and just stood around
E6/4GD
We were glad when they left, they brought nothing but heartache
EmDBm
And the seed we had planted, it stayed in the ground
DGD
Next year, everything will come good
EmGBm
The rains they will fall and will dance on the hood
DGD
We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food
EmG
We'll eat, drink, and be merry
DEm7/B
Yeah, next year people wait and see
GBm
We're next year people, you and me
verse 3:
E6/4GD
Dry endless plains, and we've suffered the worst
EmGBm
Are we being punished or are we just cursed?
E6/4GD
It's almost ten years, and no drop of rain
EmGBm
Only mocking blue skies bringing more of the same
E6/4GD
Our mother was crying when they sent us to stay
EmGBm
With strangers in a town and we both ran away
E6/4GD
Back to the dust and see Henry again
EmG
We're creatures of habit, don't you know
EmGBm
One day we'll reap what we sow.
DGD
Next year, everything will come good
EmGBm
The rains they will fall and will dance on the hood
DGD
We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food
EmG
We'll eat, drink, and be merry
DEm7/B
Yeah, next year people wait and see
GBm
We're next year people, you and me