D Bm Post office clerks put up signs saying position closed D Bm And secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats G D Janitors padlock the gates A Bm For security guards to patrol G D And bachelors phone up their friends for a drink A G While the married ones turn on a chat show D G D And theyʼll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow D Bm Gentlemen time please you know we canʼt serve any more D Bm Now the traffic lights stop when theres nothing to go G D And by five o clock everythings dead A Bm And every third car is a cab G D And ignorant people sleep in there beds A Bm Like the dope white mice in the college lab Chorus: D G D G Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all Bm G The needle returns to the start of the song A G And we all sing along like before D G D And weʼll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow D Bm Telephone exchanges click while theres nobody there D Bm The martians could land in the car park and no-one would care G D Close-circuit cameras in department stores A Bm Shoot the same movie every night G D And the stars of these films neither died nor get killed A Bm Just to survive constant action replay Chorus: D G D G Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all Bm G The needle returns to the start of the song A G And we all sing along like before D G D And weʼll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow Em Bm Em Bm E D E D D Bm Bill hoardings advertise products that nobody needs D Bm While angry from Manchester writes to complain about all the repeats on tv G D And computer terminals report some gains A Bm On the value of copper and tin G D While American businessmen snap up van Goths A Bm For the price of a hospital wing Chorus: D G D G Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all Bm G The needle returns to the start of the song- A G And we all sing along like before D G D G Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all Bm G Theyʼll burn down the synagogues at six o clock A G And weʼll all go along like before D G D And weʼll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow
