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From: ragutteling@et.tudelft.nl (Richard Gutteling)
Subject: CRD: I don't like mondays by the boomtown rats

All right, I have tried to find out the chords to I don't like mondays 
by the Boomtown Rats. I do not claim these are the right ones, but they 
come pretty close (I put the chords in the song by listening to the 
tape, so there might be one or two wrong ones). The only thing is that 
in the original song, it seems that all is tuned 3/4 notes lower, but 
I've searched for not-to-difficult-to-play chords.
I got the text from listening to the tape, so there also might be some 
slight mistakes in it.

I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS - THE BOOMTOWN RATS
----------------------------------------

    C              G
The silicon chip inside her head 

     F               G
Gets switched to overload

    C                    G
And nobody's gonna go to school today,

            F                 G
She's gonna make them stay at home,

    Am                 G
And daddy doesn't understand it,

          C                    F
He always said she was good as gold,

           F
And he can see no reasons

          F
Cos there are no reasons

     F                        G
What reason do you need to be shown


        C                G
Tell me why I don't like mondays,

        F                G
Tell me why I don't like mondays,

        C                G
Tell me why I don't like mondays,

        F                    G
I wanna shoo-oo-oo-oo - oo - oot

NC            C
The whole day down.


    C                G
The Telex machine is kept so clean

       F                  G
And it types to a waiting world,

    C
And Mother feels so shocked

         G
Father's world is rocked,

          F
And their thoughts turn to

      G
Their own little girl.

Am                       G
Sweet sixteen ain't that peachy keen,

       C                  F
No, it ain't so neat to admit defeat,

         F
They can see no reasons

          F
Cos there are no reasons

     F              G
What reasons do you need


        C                G
Tell me why I don't like mondays

        F                G
Tell me why I don't like mondays

        C                G
Tell me why I don't like mondays

        F                    G
I wanna shoo-oo-oo-oo - oo - oot

NC            Am                             F
The whole day down, down, down, shoot it all down...


            C                        G
And all the playing's stopped in the playground now

    F                      G
She wants to play with her toys a while,

    C                      G
And school's out early and soon we'll be learning

        F               G
And the lesson today is how to die.

             Am
And then the bullhorn crackles,

        G
And the captain tackles,

         C                          F
With the problems and the how's and why's

           F
And he can see no reasons

          F
Cos there are no reasons

     F                     G
what reason do you need to die


        C                G
Tell me why I don't like mondays

        F                G
Tell me why I don't like mondays

        C                G
Tell me why I don't like mondays

        F                    G
I wanna shoo-oo-oo-oo - oo - oot

NC            C
The whole day down.


Since the original is played on piano, chances are that you won't like 
it as much on guitar, but I think it sounds reasonably well.

Richard.


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Lou September 23, 2004, 5:47 

This sounded off to my ear so I listened to, and tabbed it from the song. It's obviously a piano song but I play guitar not piano. (I don't suggest you try to capo a piano) try this.
I Don't Like Mondays Boomtown Rats

capo 4th fret (key of B)

The [G]silicon chip ins[Bm]ide her head
Gets [C]switched to over[D]load
And [G]nobody's gonna go to [Bm]school today,
She's gonna [C]make them stay at [D]home,

And [C]daddy doesn't under[D]stand it,
He always [G]said she was good as [C]gold,
And he can [C]see no reasons
Cos there [C]are no reasons
What [C]reason do you need to be [D]shown


Tell me [G]why I don't like [Bm]mondays,
Tell me [C]why I don't like[D] mondays,
Tell me [G]why I don't like [Bm]mondays,
I wanna [C]shoo-oo-oo-oo - oo - [D]oot
The whole day down.

The [G]Telex machine is [Bm]kept so clean
And it [C]types to a waiting [D]world,
And Mother [G]feels so shocked
Father's [Bm]world is rocked,
And their [C]thoughts turn to
Their [D]own little girl.

[C]Sweet sixteen ain't that [D]peachy keen,
No, it [G]ain't so neat to ad[C]mit defeat,
They can [C]see no reasons
Cos there [C]are no reasons
What [C]reasons do you [D]need


Tell me [G]why I don't like [Bm]mondays
Tell me [C]why I don't like [D]mondays
Tell me [G]why I don't like [Bm]mondays
I wanna [C]shoo-oo-oo-oo - oo - [D]oot
The whole day [Bm]down, down, down, shoot it all [G]down...

And all the [G]playing's stopped in the [Bm]playground now
She [C]wants to play with her [D]toys [D]a [D]while,
And [G]school's out early and [Bm]soon we be learning
And the [C]lesson today is [D]how [D]to [D]die.
And then the [C]bullhorn crackles,
And the [D]captain tackles,
With the [G]problems and the how's and [C]why's

And he can [C]see no reasons
Cos there [C]are no reasons
what [C]reason do you need to [D]die die oh woo?

(ad lib)
Tell me [G]why I don't like [Bm]mondays
Tell me [C]why I don't like [D]mondays
Tell me [G]why I don't like [Bm]mondays
I wanna [C]shoo-oo-oo-oo - oo - [D]oot

The whole day down.


paul March 31, 2005, 22:35 

hey lou,
i bin lookin 4 a tab of dnt like mon's, urs is the best i found so far, altho not 2 sure bout ur Bm, try Bm with with ur b string open (to the capo) well dun m8, gd luck paul


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