Nothing Ever Happens
Nothing Ever Happens - Del Amitri - tabbed by Lee Martin
F Dm Post office clerks put up signs saying position closed F Dm And secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats
Bb F Janitors padlock the gates
C Dm For security guards to patrol
Bb F And bachelors phone up their friends for a drink
C Bb While the married ones turn on a chat show
Prechorus
F Bb F And they'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
Verse 2
F Dm Gentlemen time please you know we can't serve any more
F Dm Now the traffic lights stop when theres nothing to go
Bb F And by five o clock everythings dead
C Dm And every third car is a cab
Bb F And ignorant people sleep in there beds
C Dm Like the dope white mice in the college lab
Chorus
F Bb F Bb Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
Dm Bb The needle returns to the start of the song
C Bb And we all sing along like before
F Bb F And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
F Dm Telephone exchanges click while theres nobody there
F Dm The martians could land in the car park and no-one would care
Bb F Close-circuit cameras in department stores
C Dm Shoot the same movie every night
Bb F And the stars of these films neither died nor get killed
C Dm Just to survive constant action replay
Chorus
F Bb F Bb Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
Dm Bb The needle returns to the start of the song
C Bb And we all sing along like before
F Bb F And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
Then before verse 4 there's a wee instrumentally bit over the chords:
Gm Dm Gm Dm G F G F
F Dm Bill hoardings advertise products that nobody needs
F Dm While angry from Manchester writes to complain about ll the repeats on tv
Bb F And computer terminals report some gains
C Dm On the value of copper and tin
Bb F While American businessmen snap up van Goths
C Dm For the price of a hospital wing
F Bb F Bb Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
Dm Bb The needle returns to the start of the song-
C Bb And we all sing along like before
F Bb F Bb Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
Dm Bb They'll burn down the synagogues at six o clock
C Bb And we'll all go along like before
F Bb F And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
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