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Nothing Ever Happens - Del Amitri - tabbed by John Crawford
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A great song, but much easier to play with a capo on the 3rd fret

CAPO 3
D: xx0232
Bm: 224432 or xx4432
G: 320003
A: 002220
Em: 022000
E: 022100

Intro – D (x4)
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 Bm
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

Prechorus

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 any more

D Bm
Now the traffic lights stop when theres nothing to go

G D
And by five o clock everythings dead

A Bm
And every third car is a cab

G D
And ignorant people sleep in there beds

A Bm
Like the dope white mice in the college lab


Chorus
D G D G
Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
Bm G
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



D Bm
Telephone exchanges click while theres nobody there

D Bm
The martians could land in the car park and no-one would care

G D
Close-circuit cameras in department stores

A Bm
Shoot the same movie every night

G D
And the stars of these films neither died nor get killed

A Bm
Just to survive constant action replay


Chorus
D G D G
Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
Bm G
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


Play these chords (this is while accordion plays):

Em Bm Em Bm E D E D

D Bm
Bill hoardings advertise products that nobody needs

D Bm
While angry from Manchester writes to complain about all the repeats on tv

G D
And computer terminals report some gains

A Bm
On the value of copper and tin

G D
While American businessmen snap up van Goths

A Bm
For the price of a hospital wing

Chorus
D G D G
Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
Bm G
The needle returns to the start of the song-
A G
And we all sing along like before

D G D G
Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all


Bm G
They'll burn down the synagogues at six o clock

A G
And we'll all go along like before


D G D
And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow

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