Nothing Ever Happens    - Del Amitri  - tabbed by John Crawford
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A great song, but much easier to play with a capo on the 3rd fret

CAPO 3
D: xx0232
Bm: 224432 or xx4432
G: 320003
A: 002220
Em: 022000
E: 022100

Intro ? D (x4)
D (xx0232@1)                                                 BmPost (x24432@1)office clerks put up signs saying position closed
D (xx0232@1)                                                       BmAnd (x24432@1)secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats
 G (320003@1)                     DJanitors (xx0232@1)padlock the gates

         A (x02220@1)                 BmFor (x24432@1)security guards to patrol
            G (320003@1)                   DAnd (xx0232@1)bachelors phone up their friends for a drink

                     A (x02220@1)                 GWhile (320003@1)the married ones turn on a chat show

Prechorus

       D (xx0232@1)                   G (320003@1)                 DAnd (xx0232@1)they'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow

Verse 2

D (xx0232@1)			          BmGentlemen (x24432@1)time please you know we can't serve any more

D (xx0232@1)			BmNow (x24432@1)the traffic lights stop when theres nothing to go

G (320003@1)                  DAnd (xx0232@1)by five o clock everythings dead

A (x02220@1)         BmAnd (x24432@1)every third car is a cab

G (320003@1)	          DAnd (xx0232@1)ignorant people sleep in there beds

	   A (x02220@1)                  BmLike (x24432@1)the dope white mice in the college lab


Chorus
 D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)                GNothing (320003@1)ever happens, nothing happens at all
         Bm (x24432@1)                           GThe (320003@1)needle returns to the start of the song
            A (x02220@1)                GAnd (320003@1)we all sing along like before

           D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)                  DAnd (xx0232@1)we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow

D (xx0232@1)			  BmTelephone (x24432@1)exchanges click while theres nobody there

D (xx0232@1)			            BmThe (x24432@1)martians could land in the car park and no-one would care

G (320003@1)		DClose-circuit (xx0232@1)cameras in department stores

A (x02220@1)	      BmShoot (x24432@1)the same movie every night

G (320003@1)                                                                               DAnd (xx0232@1)the stars of these films neither died nor get killed

             A (x02220@1)	   BmJust (x24432@1)to survive constant action replay


Chorus
 D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)              GNothing (320003@1)ever happens, nothing happens at all
         Bm (x24432@1)                GThe (320003@1)needle returns to the start of the song
         A (x02220@1)                   GAnd (320003@1)we all sing along like before

           D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)                  DAnd (xx0232@1)we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow


Play these chords (this is while accordion plays):

Em (022000@1)Bm (x24432@1)Em (022000@1)Bm (x24432@1)E (022100@1)D (xx0232@1)E (022100@1)D (xx0232@1)D (xx0232@1)		               BmBill (x24432@1)hoardings advertise products that nobody needs

D (xx0232@1)		                BmWhile (x24432@1)angry from Manchester writes to complain about all the repeats on tv

G (320003@1)              DAnd (xx0232@1)computer terminals report some gains

A (x02220@1)     	   BmOn (x24432@1)the value of copper and tin

G (320003@1)	        DWhile (xx0232@1)American businessmen snap up van Goths

            A (x02220@1)	BmFor (x24432@1)the price of a hospital wing

Chorus
D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)              GNothing (320003@1)ever happens, nothing happens at all
          Bm (x24432@1)                          GThe (320003@1)needle returns to the start of the song-
        A (x02220@1)                    GAnd (320003@1)we all sing along like before

D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)               GNothing (320003@1)ever happens, nothing happens at all


Bm (x24432@1)		            GThey'll (320003@1)burn down the synagogues at six o clock

             A (x02220@1)	   GAnd (320003@1)we'll all go along like before


           D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)                DAnd (xx0232@1)we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow

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