Nothing Ever Happens chords by Del Amitri
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Post office clerks put up signs
Am
saying "position closed"
C
And secretaries turn off typewriters
Am
and put on their coats
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C
And janitors padlock the gates
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F
for security guards to patrol
C
And bachelors phone up their friends
for a drink
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F
While the married ones turn on a chat show
C
F
And they'll all be lonely tonight
C
and lonely tomorrow
Verse 2
C
Gentlemen, time please,
Am
you know we can't serve anymore
C
Now the traffic lights change to stop,
Am
when there's nothing to go
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C
And by five o'clock everything's dead
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F
And every third car is a cab
C
And ignorant people sleep in their beds
G
F
Like the doped white mice in the college lab
Chorus 1
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
C
F
And we'll all be lonely tonight
C
and lonely tomorrow
Verse 3
C
Telephone exchanges click
Am
while there's nobody there
C
The Martians could land in the car park
Am
and no one would care
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C
Close-circuit cameras in department stores
G
F
shoot the same movie every day
C
And the stars of these films neither die
nor get killed
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F
Just survive constant action replay
Chorus 2
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
C
F
And we'll all be lonely tonight
C
and lonely tomorrow
Solo 1
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Am
D
Am
C
D
Em
D
G
Verse 4
C
And bill hoardings advertise products
Am
that nobody needs
C
While "Angry from Manchester"
writes to complain about
Am
All the repeats on T.V.
F
C
And computer terminals report some gains
G
F
In the values of copper and tin
While American businessmen
C
snap up Van Goghs
G
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
F
And nothing ever happens,
C
F
nothing happens at all
Am
They'll burn down the synagogues
F
at six o'clock
G
F
And we'll all go along like before
C
F
And we'll all be lonely tonight
C
and lonely tomorrow
Nothing Ever Happens
Del Amitri
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