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Great song! Been playing it in my band for years this is how i play it
Capo 3,
Intro: C (C)
Verse 1:
(C) Am
Post office clerks put up signs saying position closed
C Am
And secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats
F C G F
Janitors padlock the gates for security guards to patrol
F C G
And bachelors phone up their friends for a drink While the married ones
F
turn on a chat show
C F C
And theyll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
Verse 2:
C Am
Gentlemen time please, you know we cant serve anymore
C Am
Now the traffic lights change to stop, when theres nothing to go
F C
And by five oclock everythings dead
G F C
And every third car is a cab, and ignorant people sleep in their beds,
G F
Like the doped white mice in the college lab
Chorus:
C F C F
And Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all.
Am G F
The needle returns to the start of the song,
G F
And we all sing along like before,
C F C
And well all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow.
Verse 3:
C Am
Telephone exchanges click while theres nobody there,
C Am
The martians could land in the carpark and no one would care.
F C G F
Close-circuit cameras in department stores shoot the same video everyday.
F C
And the stars of these films neither die nor get killed,
G F
Just survive constant action replay
Chorus:
C F C F
And Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all.
Am G F
The needle returns to the start of the song,
G F
And we all sing along like before,
C F C
And well all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow.
Interlude: D C D C Am G C (C)
Verse 4:
(C) Am
Bill hoardings advertise products that nobody needs
C Am
While angry from manchester writes to complain about all the repeats on t.v.
F C G F
And computer terminals report some gains, on the values of copper and tin
F C G
While american businessmen snap up van goghs for the price of a hospital
F
wing
Chorus:
C F C F
And nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
Am G F
The needle returns to the start of the song,
G F
And we all sing along like before,
C F C F
And nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all,
Am G F
Theyll burn down the synagogues at six oclock
G F
And well all go along like before,
C F C
And well all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow.
Finish on: C
Hope you like it been playin it same for 10 years one of the first songs i learnt
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