THIS IS HOW THEY PLAY IT. GOT IT FROM A BOOK. CAPO:5TH FRET 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 And by five' o' clock everything's dead G F And every third car is a cab, C And ignorant people sleep in there beds G F Like the doped white mice in the college lab Chorus: C F C F Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all: Am F The needle returns to the start of the song G F 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 The close-circuit cameras in department stores G F 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 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 And computer terminals report G F Some gains on the values of copper and tin, C While American businessmen snap up Van Goghs G F C/E Dm G/B For the price of a hospital wing