I Don't Like Mondays Chords by Boomtown Rats

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

C (Black-key glissando on piano)

D♯ bass | | | |A/B|

D♯m E F♯ E

The Bsilicon chip inD♯mside her head gets Eswitched to overF♯load,

And Bnobody's gonna go to D♯mschool today, shes gonna

EMake them stay at F♯home,

And Edaddy doesn't underF♯stand it,

He always Bsaid she was good as gold. E

And he can Esee no reasons, cos there are no reasons,

What Ereasons do you need to be F♯shown? F♯6 F♯7

Tell me Bwhy I don't like BMoA♯ndays,

Tell me E/G♯why I don't like F♯Mondays,

B [TO CODA] B/A♯

Tell me why I don't like Mondays,

I wanna Eshoot, Oo-oo-oo-oo-F♯ooh,

The whole day Bdown. D♯m E F♯ E

The Telex machine is kept so clean,

And it types to a waiting world,

And Mother feels so shocked, Father's world is rocked,

And their thoughts turn to their own little girl.

Sweet sixteen ain't that peachy keen,

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

They can see no reasons Cos there are no reasons

What reasons do you need?

Tell me why I don't like Mondays

I wanna Eshoot, Oo-oo-oo-oo-F♯ooh,

The whole day D♯sus4down, D♯mdown, D♯sus4down, D♯mshoot it all Bdown... Bsus4

(Instrumental break):

B D♯m E F♯ Badd2 And all the

BPlayings stopped in the D♯mplayground, now.

She Ewants to play with her F♯toys a while.

And Bschool's out early and D♯msoon we'll be learning

And the Elesson today is F♯how to die.

And then the Ebullhorn crackles, and the F♯sus4captain tackles,

With the Bproblems and the E/Bhow's Band why'sE

And he can Esee no reasons, cos there Eare no reasons

What Ereason do you need to F♯die, F♯6die? F♯7Oooh, and

(repeat first verse/chorus, until CODA):

BWhy I dont like, B A♯ I dont like, (Tell me E/G♯why) I dont like

F♯Mondays, tell me Bwhy, I dont like, D♯m I dont like (tell me Ewhy)

I dont like F♯Mondays, tell me Bwhy I dont like D♯mMondays,

I want to Eshoot, Oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh...

C TF♯he wEhole dA♯may Bdown...

D♯m(Oo-oo-ooh, Eoo-oo-ooh, F♯oooooh.) B