Next Year People Live by Colin Hay, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Next Year People Live

Biography:

Colin James Hay is a Scottish-born Australian musician and actor who made his mark during the 1980s as lead vocalist of the band Men at Work and subsequently as a solo artist.

Singer/Songwriter Colin Hay is the former front-man of the classic Australian band Men at Work. Since the group disbanded he has released several solo albums, including Man at Work, which featured re-recordings of classic Men at Work songs in an acoustic environment.

Hay has also been involved with the NBC TV series Scrubs

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Four years of hard work!

This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!

This is a tab of Colin's live performance on Comedy Bang! Bang! the Podcast (2/16/15)

Link to performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=121wUrSHQz0

Standard tuning, capo 4th fret.

All chords are pretty standard except E6sus2sus4 (I'm not even sure that this is the right name).
Here's how he plays it:

e|----0----|
B|----0----|
G|----2----|
D|----4----|
A|----4----|
E|----x----|

INTRO:

e|------------2----2----2--2--2--| x2
B|------------3----3----3--3--3--|
G|------------4----4----4--4--4--|
D|------------4----4----4--4--4--|
A|-------0----2----2----2--2--2--|
E|--2---------2----2----2--2--2--|

VERSE 1:

E6sus2sus4 G D
You can't live without hope that things will change for the better
Em G Bm
You can't live without the dream of someone reading your letter
E6sus2sus4 G D
We've had dust storms before and spit out the dirt
Em G Bm
We've had droughts before, but none quite like this
E6sus2sus4 G D
We've had winds that cut up your face all to pieces
Em G Bm
Black blizzards that stripped all the paint off your car
E6sus2sus4 G D
Fires like twisters, no sisters of mercy
Em G Bm
They come with no warning, only that sound
Em G Bm
God is roaring drunk and out on the town

CHORUS:

D G D
Next year, everything will come good
Em G Bm
The rains they will fall and will dance on the hood
D G D
We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food
Em G
We'll eat, drink, and be merry
D Em7/B
Yeah, next year people wait and see
G Bm
We're next year people, you and me

VERSE 2:

E6sus2sus4 G D
Henry got hit by lightening twice in head
Em G Bm
He stood and walked away, we thought he was dead
E6sus2sus4 G D
Now he talks funny, says he's wired to the sky
Em G Bm
He walks for miles and miles, and no one knows why
E6sus2sus4 G D
The bank men, they came and wrote things down on paper
Em G Bm
We all went outside and just stood around
E6sus2sus4 G D
We were glad when they left, they brought nothing but heartache
Em G Bm
And the seed we had planted, it stayed in the ground

CHORUS:

D G D
Next year, everything will come good
Em G Bm
The rains they will fall and will dance on the hood
D G D
We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food
Em G
We'll eat, drink, and be merry
D Em7/B
Yeah, next year people wait and see
G Bm
We're next year people, you and me

VERSE 3:

E6sus2sus4 G D
Dry endless plains, and we've suffered the worst
Em G Bm
Are we being punished or are we just cursed?
E6sus2sus4 G D
It's almost ten years, and no drop of rain
Em G Bm
Only mocking blue skies bringing more of the same
E6sus2sus4 G D
Our mother was crying when they sent us to stay
Em G Bm
With strangers in a town and we both ran away
E6sus2sus4 G D
Back to the dust and see Henry again
Em G
We're creatures of habit, don't you know
Em G Bm
One day we'll reap what we sow.

CHORUS (Scott Aukerman, Paul F. Tompkins, and Gillian Jacobs sing background):

D G D
Next year, everything will come good
Em G Bm
The rains they will fall and will dance on the hood
D G D
We'll fill up our bellies with plentiful food
Em G
We'll eat, drink, and be merry
D Em7/B
Yeah, next year people wait and see
G Bm
We're next year people, you and me

Enjoy!