THIS IS HOW THEY PLAY IT. GOT IT FROM A BOOK. CAPO:5TH FRET

^CPost office clerks put up signs saying 'Position Clo^Am7sed' ^CAnd secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their ^Am7coats ^FJanitors padlock the ^Cgates for sec^Gurity guards to p^Fatrol And bachelors phone up their f^Criends for a drink While the m^Garried ones turn on a ^Fchat show And they'll ^Call be lonely t^Fonight and lonely t^Comorrow

C Am7 'Gentlemen, time please, you know we can't serve any more' C Am7 Now the traffic lights change to stop when there's nothing to go F C And by five' o' clock everything's dead G F And every third car is a cab, C And ignorant people sleep in there beds G F Like the doped white mice in the college lab Chorus:

N^Cothing ever ^Fhappens, ^Cnothing happens at ^Fall: The ^Amneedle returns to the ^Fstart of the song And we ^Gall sing along like ^Fbefore And we'll a^Cll be lonely t^Fonight and lonely ^Ctomorrow

C G/B Am7 Telephone exchanges click while there's nobody there C Am7 The Martians could land in the car park and no one could care F C The close-circuit cameras in department stores G F Shoot the same movie everyday

And the stars of these films neither ^Cdie nor get killed G F C/E Dm G/B Just to survive constant action replay

BRIDGE: D Am7 D Am7 C D C/E D/F# C/G C Am7 Bill hoardings advertise products that nobody needs C Am7 While 'Angry from Manchester' writes to complain about all the repeats on TV; F C And computer terminals report

Some gains on the ^Gvalues of copper and ^Ftin, C While American businessmen snap up Van Goghs For the p^Grice of a hospital ^Fwing ^C/E ^Dm ^G/B

Del Amitri - Nothing ever happens