Nothing Ever Happens
Del AmitriVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Post office clerks put up signs saying 'Position Closed'
And secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats
Janitors padlock the gates for security guards to patrol
And bachelors phone up their friends for a drink
While the married ones turn on a chat show
And they'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
'Gentlemen, time please, you know we can't serve any more'
Now the traffic lights change to stop when there's nothing to go
And by five' o' clock everything's dead
And every third car is a cab,
And ignorant people sleep in there beds
Like the doped white mice in the college lab
Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all:
The needle returns to the start of the song
And we all sing along like before
And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
Telephone exchanges click while there's nobody there
The Martians could land in the car park and no one could care
The close-circuit cameras in department stores
Shoot the same movie everyday
And the stars of these films neither die nor get killed
Just to survive constant action replay
Bill hoardings advertise products that nobody needs
While 'Angry from Manchester' writes to complain about all the repeats on TV;
And computer terminals report
Some gains on the values of copper and tin,
While American businessmen snap up Van Goghs
For the price of a hospital wing
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Readable chord sheet for Nothing Ever Happens by Del Amitri
[C]Post office clerks put up signs saying 'Position Clo[Am7]sed'
[C]And secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their [Am7]coats
[F]Janitors padlock the [C]gates for sec[G]urity guards to p[F]atrol
And bachelors phone up their f[C]riends for a drink
While the m[G]arried ones turn on a [F]chat show
And they'll [C]all be lonely t[F]onight and lonely t[C]omorrow
[C]'Gentlemen, time please, you know we can't s[Am7]erve any more'
[C]Now the traffic lights change to stop when there's[Am7] nothing to go
[F]And by five' o' clock everything's[C] dead
[G]And every third car i[F]s a cab,
And ignorant peo[C]ple sleep in there beds
Like the[G] doped white mice i[F]n the college lab
N[C]othing ever [F]happens, [C]nothing happens at [F]all:
The [Am]needle returns to the [F]start of the song
And we [G]all sing along like [F]before
And we'll a[C]ll be lonely t[F]onight and lonely [C]tomorrow
[C]Telephone exchanges click while there's n[G/B]obody [Am7]there
The M[C]artians could land in the car park and no one could [Am7]care
The [F]close-circuit cameras in [C]department stores
Shoot the [G]same movie everyd[F]ay
And the stars of these films neither [C]die nor get killed
Just to s[G]urvive constant action r[F]eplay [C/E] [Dm] [G/B]
[D] [Am7] [D] [Am7]
[C] [D] [C/E] [D/F#] [C/G]
[C]Bill hoardings advertise products that [Am7]nobody needs
While '[C]Angry from Manchester' writes to complain about a[Am7]ll the repeats on TV;
And [F]computer terminals[C] report
Some gains on the [G]values of copper and [F]tin,
While American businessmen s[C]nap up Van Goghs
For the p[G]rice of a hospital [F]wing [C/E] [Dm] [G/B]