Nothing ever happens (1990)
C ~ C
Am
1. Post office clerks put
up signs saying 'Position Closed',
C Am
and
secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats.
F C G F
Janitors padlock the gates for
security guards to patrol,
C
and
bachelors phone up their friends for a drink,
G F
while
the married ones turn on a chat show.
C F C
And they'll all be lonely
tonight and lonely tomorrow
C
Am
2. 'Gentlemen, time please, you know we can't serve any more',
C
Am
now
the traffic lights change to ‘stop’ when there's nothing to go.
F C G F
And by five' o' clock
everything's dead, and every third car is a cab,
C
and
ignorant people sleep in their beds
G F
like
the doped white mice in the college lab.
C F - C F
And nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all,
Am F
the needle returns to the start
of the song,
G F
and we all sing along like before.
C F C
And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow.
C Am
3. Telephone exchanges click while there's nobody there,
C
Am
the
Martians could land in the car park and no one would care.
F C
The close-circuit cameras in
department stores
G F
shoot
the same movie every day,
C
and
the stars of these films neither die nor get killed
G F
just
to survive constant action replay.
+ CHORUS + D - Am - D - Am
- C - D - C - D
- C
C
Am
4. And bill hoardings advertise products that nobody needs,
C
while 'Angry from Manchester' writes to
complain
Am
about
all the repeats on TV.
F C
And computer terminals report some
gains
G
F
on
the values of copper and tin,
C
while
American businessmen snap up Van Goghs
G F
for
the price of a hospital wing.
C F
- C F
And nothing ever happens,
nothing happens at all,
Am F
the needle returns to the start
of the song,
G F
and we all sing along like
before.
C F
- C F
And nothing ever happens,
nothing happens at all,
Am F
they’ll burn down the synagogues at
six oclock,
G F
and we’ll all go along like
before.
C F C
And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow.
(orig. = capo 5th) (Del Amitri)