Nothing Ever Happens chords by
Del Amitri
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Key: F major

Intro 1

C

C

Verse 1
C C 
 
Post office clerks put up signs
Am Am 
 
saying "position closed"
C C 
 
And secretaries turn off typewriters
Am Am 
 
and put on their coats
F F 
 
C C 
 
And janitors padlock the gates
G G 
 
F F 
 
for security guards to patrol
C C 
 
And bachelors phone up their friends
for a drink
G G 
 
F F 
 
While the married ones turn on a chat show
C C 
 
F F 
 
And they'll all be lonely tonight
C C 
 
and lonely tomorrow

Verse 2
C C 
 
Gentlemen, time please,
Am Am 
 
you know we can't serve anymore
C C 
 
Now the traffic lights change to stop,
Am Am 
 
when there's nothing to go
F F 
 
C C 
 
And by five o'clock everything's dead
G G 
 
F F 
 
And every third car is a cab
C C 
 
And ignorant people sleep in their beds
G G 
 
F F 
 
Like the doped white mice in the college lab

Chorus 1
C C 
 
F F 
 
And nothing ever happens,
C C 
 
F F 
 
nothing happens at all
Am Am 
 
F F 
 
The needle returns to the start of the song
G G 
 
F F 
 
And we all sing along like before
C C 
 
F F 
 
And we'll all be lonely tonight
C C 
 
and lonely tomorrow

Verse 3
C C 
 
Telephone exchanges click
Am Am 
 
while there's nobody there
C C 
 
The Martians could land in the car park
Am Am 
 
and no one would care
F F 
 
C C 
 
Close-circuit cameras in department stores
G G 
 
F F 
 
shoot the same movie every day
C C 
 
And the stars of these films neither die
nor get killed
G G 
 
F F 
 
Just survive constant action re play

Chorus 2
C C 
 
F F 
 
And nothing ever happens,
C C 
 
F F 
 
nothing happens at all
Am Am 
 
F F 
 
The needle returns to the start of the song
G G 
 
F F 
 
And we all sing along like before
C C 
 
F F 
 
And we'll all be lonely tonight
C C 
 
and lonely tomorrow

Solo 1

D

Am

D

Am

C

D

Em

D

G

Verse 4
C C 
 
And bill hoardings advertise products
Am Am 
 
that nobody needs
C C 
 
While "Angry from Manchester"
writes to complain about
Am Am 
 
All the repeats on T.V.
F F 
 
C C 
 
And computer terminals report some gains
G G 
 
F F 
 
In the values of copper and tin
While American businessmen
C C 
 
snap up Van Goghs
G G 
 
F F 
 
For the price of a hospital wing

Chorus 3

C

F

And nothing ever happens,

C

F

nothing happens at all

Am

F

The needle returns to the start of the song

G

F

And we all sing along like before

Chorus 4
C C 
 
F F 
 
And nothing ever happens,
C C 
 
F F 
 
nothing happens at all
Am Am 
 
They'll burn down the synagogues
F F 
 
at six o'clock
G G 
 
F F 
 
And we'll all go along like before
C C 
 
F F 
 
And we'll all be lonely tonight
C C 
 
and lonely tomorrow

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