Nothing Ever Happens — Del Amitri
Chords and lyrics for Nothing Ever Happens by Del Amitri (key of C).
Verse 1
Del Amitri - Nothing Ever Happens
From album: Waking Hours
Meter: waltz
Verse 1
[C]Post office clerks put up signs saying "position [Am]closed"
And [C]secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their [Am]coats
[F]Janitors padlock the [C]gates
For [G]security guards to [F]patrol
And [F]bachelors phone up their [C]friends for a drink
While the [G]married ones turn on a [F]chat show
And they'll [C]all be lonely [F]tonight and lonely [C]tomorrow
Verse 2
[C]Gentlemen time please, you know we can't serve [Am]anymore
Now the [C]traffic lights change to stop, when there's nothing to [Am]go
And by [F]five o'clock everything's [C]dead
And every [G]third car is a [F]cab
And [F]ignorant people [C]sleep in their beds
Like the [G]doped white mice in the [F]college lab
Chorus
[C]Nothing ever [F]happens,[C] nothing happens at [F]all
The [Am]needle returns to the [F]start of the song
And we [G]all sing along like [F]before
And they'll [C]all be lonely [F]tonight and lonely [C]tomorrow
Verse 3
[C]Telephone exchanges click while there's nobody [Am]there
The [C]Martians could land in the carpark and no one would [Am]care
[F]Close-circuit cameras in [C]department stores
Shoot the [G]same movie every [F]day
And the [F]stars of these films neither [C]die nor get killed
Just [G]survive constant action [F]replay
Chorus
[C]Nothing ever [F]happens,[C] nothing happens at [F]all
The [Am]needle returns to the [F]start of the song
And we [G]all sing along like [F]before
And they'll [C]all be lonely [F]tonight and lonely [C]tomorrow
Bridge
[D] [Am] [D] [Am]
[C] [D] [C] [D]
Verse 4
[C]Billboardings advertise products that nobody [Am]needs
While [C]"Angry from Manchester" writes to complain about
[Am]all the repeats on TV
And [F]computer terminals [C]report some gains
On the [G]values of copper and [F]tin
While [F]American businessmen [C]snap up Van Goghs
For the [G]price of a hospital [F]wing
Chorus
[C]Nothing ever [F]happens,[C] nothing happens at [F]all
The [Am]needle returns to the [F]start of the song
And we [G]all sing along like [F]before
[C]Nothing ever [F]happens,[C] nothing happens at [F]all
They'll [Am]burn down the synagogues at [F]six o'clock
And we [G]all go along like [F]before
And they'll [C]all be lonely [F]tonight and [G]lonely [C]tomorrow
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