Great song! Been playing it in my band for years this is how i play it Capo 3, Intro: C (C) Verse 1: (C) AmPost (x02210@1)office clerks put up signs saying position closed C (x32010@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) Janitors padlock the gates for security guards to patrol F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)bachelors phone up their friends for a drink While the married ones Fturn (133211@1)on a chat show C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) CAnd (x32010@1)theyll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow Verse 2: C (x32010@1) AmGentlemen (x02210@1)time please, you know we cant serve anymore C (x32010@1) AmNow (x02210@1)the traffic lights change to stop, when theres nothing to go F (133211@1) CAnd (x32010@1)by five oclock everythings dead G (320003@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) And every third car is a cab, and ignorant people sleep in their beds, G (320003@1) FLike (133211@1)the doped white mice in the college lab Chorus: C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)And Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all. Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1)The needle returns to the start of the song, G (320003@1) FAnd (133211@1)we all sing along like before, C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) CAnd (x32010@1)well all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow. Verse 3: C (x32010@1) AmTelephone (x02210@1)exchanges click while theres nobody there, C (x32010@1) AmThe (x02210@1)martians could land in the carpark and no one would care. F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) FClose-circuit (133211@1)cameras in department stores shoot the same video everyday. F (133211@1) CAnd (x32010@1)the stars of these films neither die nor get killed, G (320003@1) FJust (133211@1)survive constant action replay Chorus: C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)And Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all. Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1)The needle returns to the start of the song, G (320003@1) FAnd (133211@1)we all sing along like before, C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) CAnd (x32010@1)well all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow. Interlude: D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) (C) Verse 4: (C) AmBill (x02210@1)hoardings advertise products that nobody needs C (x32010@1) AmWhile (x02210@1)angry from manchester writes to complain about all the repeats on t.v. F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) FAnd (133211@1)computer terminals report some gains, on the values of copper and tin F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) While american businessmen snap up van goghs for the price of a hospital Fwing (133211@1) Chorus: C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) FAnd (133211@1)nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) FThe (133211@1)needle returns to the start of the song, G (320003@1) FAnd (133211@1)we all sing along like before, C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) FAnd (133211@1)nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all, Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) FTheyll (133211@1)burn down the synagogues at six oclock G (320003@1) FAnd (133211@1)well all go along like before, C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) 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
