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Did You Know? Nothing Ever Happens is Del Amitri's most successful song and was released in 1989.
Del Amitri are from Glasgow in Scotland and invented their name to be intentionally meaningless.
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Difficulty Level Of Original Recorded Song: Blue Pick
Most Advanced Rhythm: White Pick
Most Advanced Chord Change: Blue Pick (Yellow Pick when played with open anchor chords, (Orange Pick when played with open chords)
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Yellow Pick Level
Nothing Ever Happens Chords And Strumming, Del Amitri
Open Chords: (capo fret 5)
Open C chord
Open Fmaj7 chord (F∆7)
Open Gadd4 chord
Open Am chord
Open Dsus2 chord: xx0230
Strumming:
"Waltz Steps": |D D U D U |
"1 Strum": |D |
Tempo: 213 bpm Key: F
Intro -
| |C - - |C - - |C - - |C - - | | x 2
Verse 1 -
| |C - - |C - - |C - - |C - - |
|Am - - - |Am - - - |Am - - - |Am - - - | | x 2
| |F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |C - - |C - - |
|Gadd4 - - |Gadd4 - - |F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - | | x 2
|F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |
|C - - |C - - |F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |
|C - - |C - - |C - - |C - - |
(Cx4)Post office clerks put up signs saying "Position (Amx4)Closed"
And (Cx4)secretaries turn off typewriters and put on their (Amx4)coats
And (F∆7x2)janitors padlock the (Cx2)gates
For se(Gadd4x2)curity guards to pa(F∆7x2)trol
And (F∆7x2)bachelors phone up their (Cx2)friends for a drink
While the (Gadd4x2)married ones turn on a (F∆7x4)chat show
And they'll (Cx2)all be lonely to(F∆7x2)night and lonely to(Cx4)morrow
Verse 2 -
| |C - - |C - - |C - - |C - - |
|Am - - - |Am - - - |Am - - - |Am - - - | | x 2
|F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |C - - |C - - |
|Gadd4 - - |Gadd4 - - |F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |
|F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |
|C - - |C - - |Gadd4 - - |Gadd4 - - |
|F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |
(Cx4)"Gentlemen time please, you know we can't serve any(Amx4)more"
Now the (Cx4)traffic lights change to stop, when there's nothing to (Amx4)go
And by (F∆7x2)five o'clock everything's (Cx2)dead
And (Gadd4x2)every third car is a (F∆7x4)cab
And ignorant people (Cx2)sleep in their beds
Like the (Gadd4x2)doped white mice in the (F∆7x4)college lab
Chorus -
| |C - - |C - - |F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - | | x 2
|Am - - - |Am - - - |F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |
|Gadd4 - - |Gadd4 - - |F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |
|C - - |C - - |F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |
|C - - |C - - |C - - |C - - |
And (Cx2)nothing ever (F∆7x2)happens (Cx2) nothing happens at (F∆7x2)all
The (Amx2)needle returns to the (F∆7x2)start of the song
And we (Gadd4x2)all sing along like be(F∆7x2)fore
And we'll (Cx2)all be lonely to(F∆7x2)night and lonely to(Cx4)morrow
Verse 3 -
| |C - - |C - - |C - - |C - - |
|Am - - - |Am - - - |Am - - - |Am - - - | | x 2
|F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |C - - |C - - |
|Gadd4 - - |Gadd4 - - |F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |
|F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |
|C - - |C - - |Gadd4 - - |Gadd4 - - |
|F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |
(Cx4)Telephone exchanges click while there's nobody (Amx4)there
The (Cx4)Martians could land in the car park and no one would (Amx4)care
(F∆7x2)Closed-circuit cameras in (Cx2)department stores
Shoot the (Gadd4x2)same movie every (F∆7x4)day
And the stars of these films neither (Cx2)die nor get killed
Just sur(Gadd4x2)vive constant action (F∆7x4)replay
Chorus -
| |C - - |C - - |F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - | | x 2
|Am - - - |Am - - - |F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |
|Gadd4 - - |Gadd4 - - |F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |
|C - - |C - - |F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |
|C - - |C - - |C - - |C - - |
And (Cx2)nothing ever (F∆7x2)happens (Cx2) nothing happens at (F∆7x2)all
The (Amx2)needle returns to the (F∆7x2)start of the song
And we (Gadd4x2)all sing along like be(F∆7x2)fore
And we'll (Cx2)all be lonely to(F∆7x2)night and lonely to(Cx4)morrow
Middle 8 -
| |Dsus2 - - |Dsus2 - - |Dsus2 - - |Dsus2 - - |
|Am - - - |Am - - - |Am - - - |Am - - - | | x 2
| |C - - |C - - |Dsus2 - - |Dsus2 - - | | x 2
|C - - |C - - |C - - |C - - |
Verse 4 -
| |C - - |C - - |C - - |C - - |
|Am - - - |Am - - - |Am - - - |Am - - - | | x 2
|F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |C - - |C - - |
|Gadd4 - - |Gadd4 - - |F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |
|F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |
|C - - |C - - |Gadd4 - - |Gadd4 - - |
|F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |
And (Cx4)bill hoardings advertise products that nobody (Amx4)needs
While (Cx4)"Angry from Manchester" writes to complain about (Amx4)all the repeats on TV
(F∆7x2)Computer terminals (Cx2)report some gains in the (Gadd4x2)values of copper and (F∆7x4)tin
While American businessmen (Cx2)snap up Van Goghs
For the (Gadd4x2)price of a hospital (Cx4)wing
Final Chorus -
| |C - - |C - - |F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - | | x 2
|Am - - - |Am - - - |F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |
|Gadd4 - - |Gadd4 - - |F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |
| |C - - |C - - |F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - | | x 2
|Am - - - |Am - - - |F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |
|Gadd4 - - |Gadd4 - - |F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |
|C - - |C - - |F∆7 - - |F∆7 - - |
|C - - |C - - |C
And (Cx2)nothing ever (F∆7x2)happens (Cx2) nothing happens at (F∆7x2)all
The (Amx2)needle returns to the (F∆7x2)start of the song
And we (Gadd4x2)all sing along like be(F∆7x2)fore
And (Cx2)nothing ever (F∆7x2)happens (Cx2) nothing happens at (F∆7x2)all
They'll (Amx2)burn down the synagogues (F∆7x2)at six o'clock
And we (Gadd4x2)al go along like be(F∆7x2)fore
And we'll (Cx2)all be lonely to(F∆7x2)night and lonely to(Cx2)morrow
Final Chord Strum: C
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Orange Pick Level
Nothing Ever Happens Chords And Strumming, Del Amitri
Open Chords: (capo fret 5)
Open C chord
Open Csus2 chord: x30010
Open Fmaj7 chord (F∆7)
Open G chord
Open Am chord, Open Am7 chord
Open D chord
Strumming:
"Waltz Steps": |D D U D U |
"1 Strum": |D |
Tempo: 213 bpm Key: F
Intro -
|C - - |C Csus2 - |C - - |C Csus2 - |
|C - - |C Csus2 -