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FA REm
Post office clerks put up signs saying position closed
FA REm
And secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats
SIb FA
Janitors padlock the gates
DO SIb
For security guards to patrol
SIb FA
And bachelors phone up their friends for a drink
DO SIb
While the married ones turn on a chat show
FA SIb FA
And they'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
Gentlemen time please, you know we can't serve anymore
Now the traffic lights change to stop, when there's nothing to go
And by five o'clock everything's dead
And every third car is a cab
And ignorant people sleep in their bed
Like the doped white mice in the college lab
FA SIb FA SIb
Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
REm SIb
The needle returns to the start of the song
DO SIb
And we all sing along like before
FA SIb FA
And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
Telephone exchanges click while there's nobody there
The Martians could land in the carpark and no one would care
Close-circuit cameras in department stores
Shoot the same movie everyday
And the stars of these films neither die nor get killed
Just survive constant action replay
Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
The needle returns to the start of the song
And we all sing along like before
And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
Bill hoardings advertise products that nobody needs
While angry from Manchester writes to complain about
All the repeats on TV
And computer terminals report some gains
In the values of copper and tin
While American businessmen snap up Van Goghs
For the price of a hospital wing
Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
The needle returns to the start of the song
And we all sing along like before
Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
They'll burn down the synagogues at six o'clock
And we'll all go along like before
And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
tune: normal
capo: 5th fret (Try it without capo or capo at the 3rd fret, it is easier to sing)
lyrics: taken from the album
tempo: waltz (hear and count - you will agree)
[Verse]
DO LAm
Post office clerks put up signs saying position closed
DO LAm
And secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats
FA DO
Janitors padlock the gates
SOL FA
For security guards to patrol
FA DO
And bachelors phone up their friends for a drink
SOL FA
While the married ones turn on a chat show
DO FA SOL DO
And they'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
[Verse]
DO LAm
Gentlemen time please, you know we can't serve anymore
DO LAm
Now the traffic lights change to stop, when theres nothing to go
FA DO
And by five o'clock everything's dead
SOL FA
And every third car is a cab
FA DO
And ignorant people sleep in their beds
SOL FA
Like the doped white mice in the college lab
Chorus
DO FA DO FA
Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
LAm FA
The needle returns to the start of the song
SOL FA
And we all sing along like before
DO FA SOL DO
And they'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
[Verse]
DO LAm
Telephone exchanges click while there's nobody there
DO LAm
The Martians could land in the carpark and no one would care
FA DO
Close-circuit cameras in department stores
SOL FA
Shoot the same movie every day
FA DO
And the stars of these films neither die nor get killed
SOL FA
Just survive constant action replay
Chorus
DO FA DO FA
Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
LAm FA
The needle returns to the start of the song
SOL FA
And we all sing along like before
DO FA SOL DO
And they'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
[Bridge: D C]
[Verse]
DO LAm
Bill hoardings advertise products that nobody needs
DO
While angry from Mancaster writes to complain about
LAm
All the repeats on TV
FA DO
And computer terminals report some gains
SOL FA
On the values of copper and tin
FA DO
While american businessmen snap up Van Goghs
SOL FA
For the price of a hospital wing
Chorus
DO FA DO FA
Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
LAm FA
The needle returns to the start of the song
SOL FA
And we all sing along like before
DO FA DO FA
Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
LAm FA
They'll burn down the synagogues at six o'clock
SOL FA
And we all go along like before
DO FA SOL DO
And they'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
Notes: This song is very easy to play and to sing.
It seems to be a good stuff to learn to change between the basic chords.
In the last verse the second and the third line seems strange to the metre.
Listen carefully to the song. It will be clear if you heard it.
(I have transcribed the song because I missed it on OLGA. I think, it is a very nice song
to sing, when you are sitting on a nice and warm summer evening with some fine people
on the beach, staring at the fire and feel good. Dream on...;))
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