C Post office clerks put up signs saying 'Position Clo Am7 sed'
C And secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their Am7 coats
F Janitors padlock the C gates for sec G urity guards to p F atrol
And bachelors phone up their f C riends for a drink
While the m G arried ones turn on a F chat show
And they'll C all be lonely t F onight and lonely t C omorrow
C 'Gentlemen, time please, you know we can't s Am7 erve any more'
C Now the traffic lights change to stop when there's Am7 nothing to go
F And by five' o' clock everything's C dead
G And every third car i F s a cab,
And ignorant peo C ple sleep in there beds
Like the G doped white mice i F n the college lab
Chorus:
N C othing 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 we'll a C ll be lonely t F onight and lonely C tomorrow
C Telephone exchanges click while there's n G/B obody Am7 there
The M C artians could land in the car park and no one could Am7 care
The F close-circuit cameras in C department stores
Shoot the G same movie everyd F ay
And the stars of these films neither C die nor get killed
Just to s G urvive constant action r F eplay C/E Dm G/B
BRIDGE: D Am7 D Am7
C D C/E D/F# C/G
C Bill hoardings advertise products that Am7 nobody needs
While ' C Angry from Manchester' writes to complain about a Am7 ll the repeats on TV;
And F computer terminals C report
Some gains on the G values of copper and F tin,
While American businessmen s C nap up Van Goghs
For the p G rice of a hospital F wing C/E Dm G/B
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