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Intro: D – D – D – D
Verse 1:
D Bm
Post office clerks put up signs saying position closed
D Bm
And secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats
G D
Janitors padlock the gates
A G
For security guards to patrol
G D
And bachelors phone up their friends for a drink
A G
While the married ones turn on a chat show
D G D
And they'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
Verse 2:
D Bm
Gentlemen time please, you know we can't serve anymore
D Bm
Now the traffic lights change to stop, when there's nothing to go
G D
And by five o'clock everything's dead
A G
And every third car is a cab
G D
And ignorant people sleep in their beds
A G
Like the doped white mice in the college lab
Chorus
D G D G
And nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
D Bm
The needle returns to the start of the song
A G
And we all sing along like before
D G D
And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
Verse 3:
D Bm
Telephone exchanges click while there's nobody there
D Bm
The Martians could land in the car park and no one would care
G D A G
Close-circuit cameras in department stores shoot the same video every day
G D
And the stars of these films neither die nor get killed
A G
Just survive constant action replay
Chorus
D G D G
And nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
D Bm
The needle returns to the start of the song
A G
And we all sing along like before
D G D
And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
Interlude:
Em – G – Em – G – D – G – D – G - A
Verse 4:
D Bm
Bill hoardings advertise products that nobody needs
D
While angry from Manchester writes to complain about
Bm
All the repeats on T.V.
G D
And computer terminals report some gains
A G
On the values of copper and tin
G D
While American businessmen snap up Van Goghs
A G
For the price of a hospital wing
Chorus
D G D G
And nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
D Bm
The needle returns to the start of the song
A G
And we all sing along like before
D G D G
No nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
D Bm
They'll burn down the synagogues at six o'clock
A G
And we all sing along like before
D G D
And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
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