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Version 1 Version 2 Version 4The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays Music by Johnny Fingers, lyrics by Bob Geldof, arranged by Daniel Pearl and transcribed by Jeremy D () The reason the other tab first tab says it sounds like it’s off by a half-step is because it is. "I Don’t Like Mondays" is in the key of B, not C. So, here's the bona-fide transcription of "Mondays" Also, you might need to widen margins to view the whole lines. [Intro] N.C. (Black-key glissando on piano) D# bass | | | |A/B| D#m | |E |F# E | [Verse 1] B D#m E F# The silicon chip inside her head gets switched to overload, B D#m And nobody's gonna go to school today, she’s gonna E F# Make them stay at home, E F# And daddy doesn't understand it, B E He always said she was good as gold. E And he can see no reasons, cos there are no reasons, E F# F#6 F#7 What reasons do you need to be shown? [Hook] B B/A# Tell me why I don't like Mondays, E/G# F# Tell me why I don't like Mondays, B [TO CODA] B/A# Tell me why I don't like Mondays, E F# I wanna shoot, Oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh, B D#m E F# E The whole day down. [Verse 2] B D#m The Telex machine is kept so clean, E F# And it types to a waiting world, B D#m And Mother feels so shocked, Father's world is rocked, E F# And their thoughts turn to their own little girl. E F# Sweet sixteen ain't that peachy keen, B E No, it ain't so neat to admit defeat, E They can see no reasons Cos there are no reasons E F# F#6 F#7 What reasons do you need? [Hook] B B/A# Tell me why I don't like Mondays, E/G# F# Tell me why I don't like Mondays, B [TO CODA] B/A# Tell me why I don't like Mondays, E F# I wanna shoot, Oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh, D#sus4 D#m D#sus4 D#m B Bsus4 The whole day down, down, down, shoot it all down... [Instrumental break] B |D#m | |E |F# |Badd2 | | | And all the [Verse 3] B D#m Playing’s stopped in the playground, now. E F# She wants to play with her toys a while. B D#m And school's out early and soon we'll be learning E F# And the lesson today is how to die. E F#sus4 And then the bullhorn crackles, and the captain tackles, B E/B B E With the problems and the how's and why's E E And he can see no reasons, cos there are no reasons E F# F#6 F#7 What reason do you need to die, die? Oooh, and [Hook] B B/A# Tell me why I don't like Mondays, E/G# F# Tell me why I don't like Mondays, B [TO CODA] B/A# Tell me why I don't like Mondays, E F# I wanna shoot, Oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh, B D#m E F# E The whole day down. B B/A# E/G# Why I don’t like, I don’t like, (Tell me why) I don’t like F# B D#m E Mondays, tell me why, I don’t like, I don’t like (tell me why) F# B D#m I don’t like Mondays, tell me why I don’t like Mondays, E I want to shoot, Oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh... N.C. (F#) (E) (A#m) B The whole day down... D#m E F# B (Oo-oo-ooh, oo-oo-ooh, oooooh.)