{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":153159,"song":"Nothing Ever Happens","artist":"Del Amitri","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11215328-nothing-ever-happens-chords-by-del-amitri/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/153159?type=chord","rating":4.83668,"votes":894,"content":"Capo 5th fret.\r\n\r\n[ch]Cadd2[/ch] x30010\r\n\r\nCan repeat C Cadd2 pattern for 1st two lines of verses.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cadd2[/ch] x3\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nPost office clerks put up signs saying 'Position Closed'[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nAnd secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd janitors padlock the gates for security guards to patrol[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd bachelors phone up their friends for a drink[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhile the married ones turn on a chat show[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd they'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\n'Gentlemen, time please, you know we can't serve any more'[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nNow the traffic lights change to stop when there's nothing to go[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd by five o' clock everything's dead[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd every third car is a cab,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd ignorant people sleep in their beds[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLike the doped white mice in the college lab[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all:[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe needle returns to the start of the song[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd we all sing along like before[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nTelephone exchanges click while there's nobody there[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nThe Martians could land in the car park and no one would care[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe close-circuit cameras in department stores[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShoot the same movie every day[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the stars of these films neither die nor get killed[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/E[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nJust survive constant action replay[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all:[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe needle returns to the start of the song[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd we all sing along like before[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C/E[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nAnd bill hoardings advertise products that nobody needs[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nWhile 'Angry from Manchester' writes to complain about all the repeats on TV;[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd computer terminals report[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSome gains in the values of copper and tin,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhile American businessmen snap up Van Goghs[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/E[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nFor the price of a hospital wing[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Final Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all:[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe needle returns to the start of the song[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd we all sing along like before[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all:[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey'll burn down the synagogues at six o'clock[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd we'll all go along like before:[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo 5th fret.\n\nCadd2 x30010\n\nCan repeat C Cadd2 pattern for 1st two lines of verses.\n\n\n[Intro]\n\nC Cadd2 x3\nC\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\nD Am7 D Am7\nC D C/E D/F# C/G\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Final Chorus]","chords":["Cadd2","C","Am7","F","G","Am","G/B","C/E","Dm","D","D/F#","C/G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}