Nothing Ever Happens    - Del Amitri  - tabbed by Lee Martin
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F (133211@1)                                               DmPost (xx0231@1)office clerks put up signs saying position closed
F (133211@1)                                                    DmAnd (xx0231@1)secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats
 Bb (x1333x@1)                 FJanitors (133211@1)padlock the gates

      C (x32010@1)                  DmFor (xx0231@1)security guards to patrol
     Bb (x1333x@1)                      FAnd (133211@1)bachelors phone up their friends for a drink

            C (x32010@1)                     BbWhile (x1333x@1)the married ones turn on a chat show

Prechorus

       F (133211@1)                    Bb (x1333x@1)               FAnd (133211@1)they'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow

Verse 2

F (133211@1)					DmGentlemen (xx0231@1)time please you know we can't serve any more

F (133211@1)					DmNow (xx0231@1)the traffic lights stop when theres nothing to go

Bb (x1333x@1)		     FAnd (133211@1)by five o clock everythings dead

C (x32010@1)	    DmAnd (xx0231@1)every third car is a cab

Bb (x1333x@1)		      FAnd (133211@1)ignorant people sleep in there beds

	   C (x32010@1)		   DmLike (xx0231@1)the dope white mice in the college lab


Chorus
 F (133211@1)          Bb (x1333x@1)     F (133211@1)               BbNothing (x1333x@1)ever happens, nothing happens at all
     Dm (xx0231@1)                   BbThe (x1333x@1)needle returns to the start of the song
       C (x32010@1)                    BbAnd (x1333x@1)we all sing along like before

           F (133211@1)              Bb (x1333x@1)               FAnd (133211@1)we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow

F (133211@1)			           DmTelephone (xx0231@1)exchanges click while theres nobody there

F (133211@1)					DmThe (xx0231@1)martians could land in the car park and no-one would care

Bb (x1333x@1)			FClose-circuit (133211@1)cameras in department stores

C (x32010@1)		DmShoot (xx0231@1)the same movie every night

Bb (x1333x@1)					FAnd (133211@1)the stars of these films neither died nor get killed

	C (x32010@1)	     DmJust (xx0231@1)to survive constant action replay


Chorus
 F (133211@1)          Bb (x1333x@1)     F (133211@1)               BbNothing (x1333x@1)ever happens, nothing happens at all
     Dm (xx0231@1)                   BbThe (x1333x@1)needle returns to the start of the song
       C (x32010@1)                    BbAnd (x1333x@1)we all sing along like before

           F (133211@1)              Bb (x1333x@1)               FAnd (133211@1)we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow


Then before verse 4 there's a wee instrumentally bit over the chords:

Gm (355333@1)Dm (xx0231@1)Gm (355333@1)Dm (xx0231@1)G (320003@1)F (133211@1)G (320003@1)F (133211@1)F (133211@1)				DmBill (xx0231@1)hoardings advertise products that nobody needs

F (133211@1)				DmWhile (xx0231@1)angry from Manchester writes to complain about ll the repeats on tv

Bb (x1333x@1)   	    FAnd (133211@1)computer terminals report some gains

C (x32010@1)     		DmOn (xx0231@1)the value of copper and tin

Bb (x1333x@1)		FWhile (133211@1)American businessmen snap up van Goths

	C (x32010@1)	DmFor (xx0231@1)the price of a hospital wing


F (133211@1)          Bb (x1333x@1)     F (133211@1)               BbNothing (x1333x@1)ever happens, nothing happens at all
     Dm (xx0231@1)                   BbThe (x1333x@1)needle returns to the start of the song-
       C (x32010@1)                    BbAnd (x1333x@1)we all sing along like before

F (133211@1)          Bb (x1333x@1)     F (133211@1)               BbNothing (x1333x@1)ever happens, nothing happens at all


Dm (xx0231@1)			     BbThey'll (x1333x@1)burn down the synagogues at six o clock

	C (x32010@1)	BbAnd (x1333x@1)we'll all go along like before


           F (133211@1)              Bb (x1333x@1)               FAnd (133211@1)we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow

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