Nothing Ever Happens by Del Amitri Great song! Been playing it in my band for years this is how i play it Capo 3, Intro: C (C) Verse 1: (C) Am 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 F C G And bachelors phone up their friends for a drink While the married ones F turn on a chat show C F C And theyll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow Verse 2: C Am Gentlemen time please, you know we cant serve anymore C Am Now the traffic lights change to stop, when theres nothing to go F C And by five oclock everythings dead G F C And every third car is a cab, and ignorant people sleep in their beds, G F Like the doped white mice in the college lab Chorus: C F C F And Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all. Am G F The needle returns to the start of the song, G F And we all sing along like before, C F C And well all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow. Verse 3: C Am Telephone exchanges click while theres nobody there, C Am The martians could land in the carpark and no one would care. F C G F Close-circuit cameras in department stores shoot the same video everyday. F C And the stars of these films neither die nor get killed, G F Just survive constant action replay Chorus: C F C F And Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all. Am G F The needle returns to the start of the song, G F And we all sing along like before, C F C And well all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow. Interlude: D C D C Am G C (C) Verse 4: (C) Am Bill hoardings advertise products that nobody needs C Am While angry from manchester writes to complain about all the repeats on t.v. F C G F And computer terminals report some gains, on the values of copper and tin F C G While american businessmen snap up van goghs for the price of a hospital F wing Chorus: C F C F And nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all Am G 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 G F Theyll burn down the synagogues at six oclock G F And well all go along like before, C F C And well all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow. Finish on: C Hope you like it been playin it same for 10 years one of the first songs i learnt www.TAB6.com