F0 Dm71 0Post office clerks put up signs saying 'Position Closed' F2 Dm73 1And secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their coats A#4 F5 C6 A#7 2Janitors padlock the gates for security guards to patrol F8 3And bachelors phone up their friends for a drink C9 A#10 4While the married ones turn on a chat show F11 A#12 F13 5And they'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow 6 7 F Dm714 8'Gentlemen, time please, you know we can't serve any more' F Dm715 9Now the traffic lights change to stop when there's nothing to go A# F16 10And by five' o' clock everything's dead C A#17 11And every third car is a cab, F18 12And ignorant people sleep in there beds C A#19 13Like the doped white mice in the college lab 14 15Chorus: F20 A#21 F22 A#23 16Nothing ever happens, nothing happens at all: Dm24 A#25 17The needle returns to the start of the song C26 A#27 18And we all sing along like before F28 A#29 F30 19And we'll all be lonely tonight and lonely tomorrow 20 21 F C31 Dm732 22Telephone exchanges click while there's nobody there F Dm733 23The Martians could land in the car park and no one could care A# F34 24The close-circuit cameras in department stores 25 C A# 26Shoot the same movie everyday F35 27And the stars of these films neither die nor get killed C A#36 F37 Gm38 C39 28Just to survive constant action replay 29 30Interlude: G40 Dm741 G42 Dm743 F44 G45 F46 G47 F48 31 F Dm749 32Bill hoardings advertise products that nobody needs F Dm750 33While 'Angry from Manchester' writes to complain about all the repeats on TV A# F51 34And computer terminals report C52 A#53 35Some gains on the values of copper and tin, F54 36While American businessmen snap up Van Goghs C55 A#56 F57 Gm58 C59 37For the price of a hospital wing