I Don't Like Mondays The Boomtown Rats
[INTRO] (After much glissando...)
[Eb] [Eb] [Eb] [Eb] [Eb] [Eb] [Eb] [B] [B]
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[Eb] [Eb] [E] [F#] [E]
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[VERSE]
The [B]silicon chip in[Ebm]side her head gets [E]switched to over[F#]load
And [B]nobody's gonna go to [Ebm]school today she?s gonna [E]make them stay at [F#]home
And [E]daddy doesn't under[F#]stand it He always [B]said she was good as [E]gold
And he can [E]see no reasons 'cause there [E]are no reasons
What [E]reasons do you need to be [F#]shown?[F#6] [F#7]
[B] [Ebm] [E] [F#] [B] [Ebm] [E] [F#]
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[E] [F#] [B] [E] [E] [E] [E] [F#] [F#6] [F#7]
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[CBORUS]
[B] I don?t like [B/Bb]Mondays [E/G#] I don?t like [F#]Mondays
(Tell me why) (Tell me why)
B B/Bb E/G# E/G# F# N/C
I don't like Mondays I want to shoot Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooooh
(Tell me why)
The whole day [B]down[Ebm] [E] [F#] [E]
[B] [B/Bb] [E/G#] [F#] [B] [B/Bb] [E/G#] [E/G#]
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F# N/C B Ebm E F# E
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[VERSE]
The [B]Telex machine is [Ebm]kept so clean and it [E]types to a waiting [F#]world
And Mother [B]feels so shocked Father's [Ebm]world is rocked
And their [E]thoughts turn to their [F#]own little girl
[E]Sweet sixteen ain't that [F#]peachy keen Now it [B]ain't so neat to ad[E]mit defeat
They can [E]see no reasons 'cause there [E]are no reasons
What [E]reasons do you [F#]need?[F#6] [F#7]
[B] [Ebm] [E] [F#] [B] [Ebm] [E] [F#]
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[E] [F#] [B] [E] [E] [E] [E] [F#] [F#6] [F#7]
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[CBORUS]
[B] I don?t like [B/Bb]Mondays [E/G#] I don?t like [F#]Mondays
(Tell me why) (Tell me why)
B B/Bb E/G# E/G# F# N/C
I don't like Mondays I want to shoot Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooooh
(Tell me why)
The whole day [Ebsus4]down down [Ebsus4]down shoot it all [Ebm]down...[Ebm]
[B] [B/Bb] [E/G#] [F#] [B] [B/Bb] [E/G#] [E/G#]
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F# N/C Ebsus4 Ebsus4 Ebm Ebm
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[INSTRUMENTAL] (Piano)
[Ebsus4] [Ebsus4] [E] [F#] [B] [B] [B] [B]
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[VERSE]
And all the [B]playing?s stopped in the [Ebm]playground now
She [E]wants to play with her [F#]toys a while
And [B]school's out early and [Ebm]soon we'll be learning
And the [E]lesson today is [F#]how to die
(Slowly...)
And then the [E]bullhorn crackles and the [F#sus4]captain tackles
With the [B]problems and the [E/B]how's [B]and why's[E]
And he can [E]see no reasons 'cause there [E]are no reasons
What [E]reason do you need to [F#]die [F#6]die? [F#7]Oooh and
[B] [Ebm] [E] [F#] [B] [Ebm] [E] [F#]
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(Slowly...)
[E] [F#] [B] [E] [E] [E] [E] [F#] [F#6] [F#7]
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[VERSE]
The [B]silicon chip in[Ebm]side her head gets [E]switched to over[F#]load
And [B]nobody's gonna go to [Ebm]school today she?s gonna [E]make them stay at [F#]home
And [E]daddy doesn't under[F#]stand it He always [B]said she was good as [E]gold
And he can [E]see no reasons 'cause there [E]are no reasons
What [E]reasons do you need to be [F#]shown?[F#6] [F#7]
[B] [Ebm] [E] [F#] [B] [Ebm] [E] [F#]
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[E] [F#] [B] [B/Bb] [E] [E] [E] [E] [F#] [F#6] [F#7]
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[CODA] (Briskly...)
[B] I don?t like [B/Bb]Mondays [E/G#] I don?t like [F#]Mondays
(Tell me why) (Tell me why)
[B] I don't like [B/Bb] I don't like [E/G#] I don't like [F#]Mondays
(Tell me why) (Tell me why)
[B] I don't like [Ebm] I don't like [E] I don't like [F#]Mondays
(Tell me why) (Tell me why)
B Ebm E E F# N/C
I don't like Mondays I want to shoot Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooooh
(Tell me why)
The whole day [B]down...[Ebm] [E] [F#] [B] [B]
(Oo-oo-ooh oo-oo-ooh Oooh Oooh Ooooh)
(Briskly...)
[B] [B/Bb] [E/G#] [F#] [B] [B/Bb] [E/G#] [F#]
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[B] [Ebm] [E] [F#] [B] [Ebm] [E] [E]
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(Slowly...)
F# N/C N/C B Ebm E F# B B
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Tabbed by Michael Oxner
moxner@nbnet.nb.ca
January 26th, 2012
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