Post office clerks put up signs saying position closed
F DmAnd secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats
Bb FJanitors padlock the gates
For security guards to patrol
Bb FAnd bachelors phone up their friends for a drink
C BbWhile the married ones turn on a chat show
F Bb F
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
Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
Dm BbThe needle returns to the start of the song
C BbAnd we all sing along like before
F Bb F
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]
C AmPost office clerks put up signs saying position closed
C AmAnd secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats
Janitors padlock the gates
G FFor security guards to patrol
F CAnd bachelors phone up their friends for a drink
While the married ones turn on a chat show
C F G C
And they'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
[Verse]
Gentlemen time please, you know we can't serve anymore
C AmNow the traffic lights change to stop, when theres nothing to go
F CAnd by five o'clock everything's dead
And every third car is a cab
F CAnd ignorant people sleep in their beds
G FLike the doped white mice in the college lab
Chorus
Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
Am FThe needle returns to the start of the song
G FAnd we all sing along like before
C F G C
And they'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
[Verse]
Telephone exchanges click while there's nobody there
C AmThe Martians could land in the carpark and no one would care
F CClose-circuit cameras in department stores
Shoot the same movie every day
F CAnd the stars of these films neither die nor get killed
G FJust survive constant action replay
Chorus
Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
Am FThe needle returns to the start of the song
G FAnd we all sing along like before
C F G C
And they'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
[Bridge: D C]
[Verse]
C AmBill hoardings advertise products that nobody needs
While angry from Mancaster writes to complain about
AmAll the repeats on TV
F CAnd computer terminals report some gains
On the values of copper and tin
F CWhile american businessmen snap up Van Goghs
G FFor the price of a hospital wing
Chorus
Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
Am FThe needle returns to the start of the song
G FAnd we all sing along like before
Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all
Am FThey'll burn down the synagogues at six o'clock
G FAnd we all go along like before
C F G C
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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