Nothing Ever Happens - Del Amitri - tabbed by Lee Martin -------------------- F Dm Post office clerks put up signs saying position closed F Dm And secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats Bb F Janitors padlock the gates C Dm For security guards to patrol Bb F And bachelors phone up their friends for a drink C Bb While the married ones turn on a chat show Prechorus F Bb F And they'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow Verse 2 F Dm Gentlemen time please you know we can't serve any more F Dm Now the traffic lights stop when theres nothing to go Bb F And by five o clock everythings dead C Dm And every third car is a cab Bb F And ignorant people sleep in there beds C Dm Like the dope white mice in the college lab Chorus F Bb F Bb Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all Dm Bb The needle returns to the start of the song C Bb And we all sing along like before F Bb F And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow F Dm Telephone exchanges click while theres nobody there F Dm The martians could land in the car park and no-one would care Bb F Close-circuit cameras in department stores C Dm Shoot the same movie every night Bb F And the stars of these films neither died nor get killed C Dm Just to survive constant action replay Chorus F Bb F Bb Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all Dm Bb The needle returns to the start of the song C Bb And we all sing along like before F Bb F And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow Then before verse 4 there's a wee instrumentally bit over the chords: Gm Dm Gm Dm G F G F F Dm Bill hoardings advertise products that nobody needs F Dm While angry from Manchester writes to complain about ll the repeats on tv Bb F And computer terminals report some gains C Dm On the value of copper and tin Bb F While American businessmen snap up van Goths C Dm For the price of a hospital wing F Bb F Bb Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all Dm Bb The needle returns to the start of the song- C Bb And we all sing along like before F Bb F Bb Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all Dm Bb They'll burn down the synagogues at six o clock C Bb And we'll all go along like before F Bb F And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow Corrections suggestions etc to 3sm@orange.net