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