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