Capo on 3rd fret (original version has capo on 5th)

Intro: C / Cadd2 (X30010)

C                                                   Am7
Post office clerks put up signs saying 'Position Closed'
C                                                     Am7
And secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats
F                    C           G                   F
Janitors padlock the gates for security guards to patrol
                             C
And bachelors phone up their friends for a drink
           G                     F
While the married ones turn on a chat show
            C               F                  C
And they'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow

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                 G		     F
And by five o' clock everything's dead And every third car is a cab
                    C                          	 G		                   F
And ignorant people sleep in there beds like the doped white mice in the college lab

Chorus:
    C           F        C                  F
And nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
    Am                    F                        G                   F
The needle returns to the start of the song and we all sing along like before
           C             F                 C 
And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow

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                                   G	           F		
The close-circuit cameras in department stores shoot the same movie everyday
                                     C                  
And the stars of these films neither die nor get killed
         G			 F     C/E Dm G/B  
Just to survive constant action replay

(Repeat chorus)

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                                 G                    F
And computer terminals report some gains on the values of copper and tin,
			    C                                           G                  F   C/E Dm G/B	
While American businessmen snap up Van Goghs for the price of a hospital wing
		
(Repeat chorus)

    C           F        C                  F
And nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
    Am                         F                     G                   F
They'll burn down the synagogs at six o'clock and we all go along like before
           C             F                 C 
And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow