C GmPost office clerks put up signs saying position closed
C GmAnd secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats
Fm CJanitors padlock the gates
F GmFor security guards to patrol
Fm CAnd bachelors phone up their friends for a drink
F FmWhile the married ones turn on a chat show
Prechorus
C Fm CAnd they'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
Verse 2
C GmGentlemen time please you know we can't serve any more
C GmNow the traffic lights stop when theres nothing to go
Fm CAnd by five o clock everythings dead
F GmAnd every third car is a cab
Fm CAnd ignorant people sleep in there beds
F GmLike the dope white mice in the college lab
Chorus
C Fm C FmNothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
Gm FmThe needle returns to the start of the song
F FmAnd we all sing along like before
C Fm CAnd we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
C GmTelephone exchanges click while theres nobody there
C GmThe martians could land in the car park and no-one would care
Fm CClose-circuit cameras in department stores
F GmShoot the same movie every night
Fm CAnd the stars of these films neither died nor get killed
F GmJust to survive constant action replay
Chorus
C Fm C FmNothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
Gm FmThe needle returns to the start of the song
F FmAnd we all sing along like before
C Fm CAnd we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
Then before verse 4 there's a wee instrumentally bit over the chords:
Gm Gm Gm Gm G C G C
C GmBill hoardings advertise products that nobody needs
C GmWhile angry from Manchester writes to complain about ll the repeats on tv
Fm CAnd computer terminals report some gains
F GmOn the value of copper and tin
Fm CWhile American businessmen snap up van Goths
F GmFor the price of a hospital wing
C Fm C FmNothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
Gm FmThe needle returns to the start of the song-
F FmAnd we all sing along like before
C Fm C FmNothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
Gm FmThey'll burn down the synagogues at six o clock
F FmAnd we'll all go along like before
C Fm CAnd we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
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