first the song starts out with a piano intro and the chords for that are
piano intro
[C]gu[G]it[F]ar intro the guitar comes in after one bar
[C] [F]
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/ben_kweller/nothing_happening_crd.html )
[C]lights [G]on through the n[F]ight
[G]just to get it r[C]ight [G]ooh [F]ooh [Am][G]
[C]a battle g[G]round at my f[F]eet
an [G]unwinnable f[C]ight [G]ooh o[F]oh [Am][G]
[Am]the words we say wont matter anyhow
[F]so lets focus on tomorrow instead of r[G]ight now
chorus
[C]noth[G]ings h[F]appeni[G]ng
[C]its all [G]illusion
[F]its all [G]illusion
[C]nothin[G]gs h[F]appen[G]ing
[C]its all c[G]onfusion
[F]its all c[G]onfusion
there is another break when the solo comes in you play the same guitar chords as the intro
[C] [F]
break
[Am]if we want to keep this love we found
[F]we got to focus on tomorrow i[G]nstead of right now
thats pretty much it if you see all the chords you can fill in all the parts i didnt write out
piano intro
[C]gu[G]it[F]ar intro the guitar comes in after one bar
[C] [F]
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/ben_kweller/nothing_happening_crd.html )
[C]lights [G]on through the n[F]ight
[G]just to get it r[C]ight [G]ooh [F]ooh [Am][G]
[C]a battle g[G]round at my f[F]eet
an [G]unwinnable f[C]ight [G]ooh o[F]oh [Am][G]
[Am]the words we say wont matter anyhow
[F]so lets focus on tomorrow instead of r[G]ight now
chorus
[C]noth[G]ings h[F]appeni[G]ng
[C]its all [G]illusion
[F]its all [G]illusion
[C]nothin[G]gs h[F]appen[G]ing
[C]its all c[G]onfusion
[F]its all c[G]onfusion
there is another break when the solo comes in you play the same guitar chords as the intro
[C] [F]
break
[Am]if we want to keep this love we found
[F]we got to focus on tomorrow i[G]nstead of right now
thats pretty much it if you see all the chords you can fill in all the parts i didnt write out