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Tuning: G C E A
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I Don't Like Mondays – The Boomtown Rats
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Written by: Bob Geldof
From: "The Fine Art of Surfacing" (1979)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
For less barre, transpose these chords down 1 step and use a capo 1st fret
to bring it back to the original key.
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[Intro]
D#m
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A|----11----9-----|----------------|----6-----4-----|----------------|
E|----11----9-----|11----9---------|----6-----4-----|6-----4---------|
C|----------------|10----8---------|----------------|6-----3---------|
g|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D#m Aadd9
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A|----------------|----------------|2---------------|----------------|
E|----4-----2-----|----------------|0-----------0-2-|--4---4---2-----|
C|----3-----1-----|3-----1---------|1---------1-----|--1---1---2-----|
g|----------------|3-----1---------|2---------------|----------------|
D#m E F# F# E E
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A|----11----9-----|----------------|----7-7-----7---|9-9-----7-7-----|
E|----11----9-----|11----9---9-----|----4-4-----4---|6-6-----4-4-----|
C|----------------|10----8---8-----|4---------4---4-|6-6-----4-4-----|
g|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
[Interlude]
B D#m Emaj7 F# F# E E
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A|----6-----6-----|6---6-----6-----|6---6---4-6-----|4-4-----2-2-----|
E|----7---9-7---9-|6---6---9-6-----|4---4---4-4---7-|6-6-----4-4-----|
C|6-------6-------|6-------6-------|4---4-----4-----|----------------|
g|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
[Middle 8] last four bars
B
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A|6-----4---------|6-----4---------|6-----4---------|6-----4---------|
E|--7-------7---7-|--7-------7---7-|--7-------7---7-|--7-------7---7-|
C|----6-------6---|----6-------6---|----6-------6---|----6-------6---|
g|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
g-C-E-A
D#m 3-3-2-1
B 4-3-2-2
F# 4-1-2-1
F#6 4-4-2-1
F#7 4-5-2-1
F#sus4 x-1-2-2 or 4-x-2-2
Bsus4 4-4-2-2
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[Intro]
| D#m | % | % | % |
| D#m | % | Aadd9 | % |
| D#m | E | F# E |
[Verse 1]
The Bsilicon chip inD#mside her head
Gets Eswitched to overF#load
And Bnobody's gonna go to D#mschool today
She's going to Emake them stay at F#home
[Bridge]
And Edaddy doesn't underF#stand it
He always Bsaid she was D#mgood as Egold
And he can Esee (no reason), 'cause there Eare (no reasons)
What Ereason do you need to be F#sho-F#6o- F#7o- F#6o- F#0wn?
[Chorus]
(F#sus4Tell me wBhy) I don't like MD#mondays
(Bsus4Tell me Ewhy) I don't like F#Mondays
(F#sus4Tell me Bwhy) I don't like D#mMondays
E | F# | F#
I wanna shoo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oot (break)
| B | D#m | Emaj7 | F# F# E E |
The whole day down (= Interlude)
[Verse 2]
The Btelex machine is D#mkept so clean
And it Etypes to a waiting F#world
And mother Bfeels so shocked, father's D#mworld is rocked
And their Ethoughts turn to their F#own little girl
[Bridge
ESweet sixteen, ain't that F#peachy keen
No it Bain't so neat, to adEmit defeat
They can Esee (no reasons), 'cause there Eare (no reasons)
What Ereasons do you F#need, F#6ooh, F#7ooh, F#6ooh, F#ooh
[Chorus]
(F#sus4Tell me wBhy) I don't like MD#mondays
(Bsus4Tell me Ewhy) I don't like F#Mondays
(F#sus4Tell me Bwhy) I don't like D#mMondays
E | F# | F#
I wanna shoo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oot (break)
[Middle 8]
The whole day D#sus4down, D#mdown, D#sus4down...
D#m [ B ]
Shoot it all down
| B | Bsus4 B |
| D#m | % | E | F# |
| B | % | % | % |
[Verse 3]
And now the Bplaying's stopped, in the D#mplayground now
She Ewants to play with her F#toys F#a wF#hile
And Bschool's out early, and D#msoon we'll be learning
And the Elesson today is F#how F#to F#die
And then the Ebullhorn crackles and the F#captain tackles
With the Bproblems and the how's and Ewhy's
And he can Esee (no reasons), 'cause there Eare (no reasons)
What Ereason do you need to F#die, F#6die, F#7oh, F#6oh, F#oh
[Chorus variation]
(F#sus4Tell me Bwhy) I don't like D#mMondays
(Bsus4Tell me Ewhy) I don't like F#Mondays
(F#sus4Tell me Bwhy) ...I don't like, D#m I don’t like...
(Bsus4Tell me Ewhy) I don’t like F#Mondays
(F#sus4Tell me Bwhy) ...I don't like, D#m I don’t like...
(Bsus4Tell me Ewhy) I don’t like F#Mondays
(F#sus4Tell me Bwhy) I don't like D#mMondays
E | F# | F#
I wanna shoo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oot (break)
The whole day Bdown
[Coda]
D#mOoh-ooh-ooh, Eooh-ooh-ooh, F#ooh-ooh-ooh, Booh B