I Don’t Like Mondays by The Boomtown Rats Lyric and Guitar Chords

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If you are looking for I Don’t Like Mondays guitar chords, you’ve come to the right place.
You can play I Don’t Like Mondays by The Boomtown Rats using guitar or guitar.
This song by The Boomtown Rats can also be played by that instruments.
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I Don’t Like Mondays guitar chords has rhythm and included in The Fine Art of Surfacing (1979) album.
You can also find another musical genres, including jazz guitar chords, country music guitar chords, pop guitar chords, world music guitar chords, and rock guitar chords here.

I Don’t Like Mondays by The Boomtown Rats Guitar Chords


(After much glissando…)


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D:1~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-11|1~~~~~~~~~~~~~-11|1-1---1-|--1---1-|--------|--------|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|


G:--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:1---1---|1---1---|2-------|4---2---|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|


The silicon chip inside her head gets switched to overload
And nobody’s gonna go to school today she?s gonna make them stay at home
And daddy doesn’t understand it He always said she was good as gold
And he can see no reasons ’cause there are no reasons
What reasons do you need to be shown?


G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|1---1---|2---2---|4---4---|--------|1---1---|2---2---|4---4---|
A:2---2---|--------|--------|--------|2---2---|--------|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|


G:--------|--------|4---4---|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:2---2---|4---4---|--------|2-------|2---2---|2---2---|2---2---|4---4---|4---4---|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|


I don?t like [B/Bb]Mondays [E/G#] I don?t like 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 down

[B/Bb] [E/G#] [B/Bb] [E/G#] [E/G#] 


G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|2---2---|2---2---|
A:2-2-2-2-|1-1-1-1-|--------|--------|2-2-2-2-|1-1-1-1-|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|4-4-4-4-|2-2-2-2-|--------|--------|--------|--------|

F# N/C B Ebm E F# E


G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:4-4-4-4-|4 |--------|1---1---|2---2---|44--22--|
A:--------|--------|2---2---|--------|--------|--------|
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 Now it ain’t so neat to admit defeat
They can see no reasons ’cause there are no reasons
What reasons do you need?


G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|1---1---|2---2---|4---4---|--------|1---1---|2---2---|4---4---|
A:2---2---|--------|--------|--------|2---2---|--------|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|


G:--------|--------|4---4---|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:2---2---|4---4---|--------|2---2---|2---2---|2---2---|2---2---|4---4---|4---4---|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|


I don?t like [B/Bb]Mondays [E/G#] I don?t like 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 down down down shoot it all down…

[B/Bb] [E/G#] [B/Bb] [E/G#] [E/G#] 


G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|2---2---|2---2---|
A:2-2-2-2-|1-1-1-1-|--------|--------|2-2-2-2-|1-1-1-1-|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|4-4-4-4-|2-2-2-2-|--------|--------|--------|--------|

F# N/C Ebsus4 Ebsus4 Ebm Ebm


G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:4-4-4-4-|4 |1---1---|1---1---|--------|--------|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

[INSTRUMENTAL] (Piano)


G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:1---1---|1---1---|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|


And all the playing?s stopped in the playground now
She wants to play with her toys a while
And school’s out early and soon we’ll be learning
And the lesson today is how to die
(Slowly…)
And then the bullhorn crackles and the captain tackles
With the problems and the [E/B]how’s and why’s
And he can see no reasons ’cause there are no reasons
What reason do you need to die die? Oooh and


G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

(Slowly…)


G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:2---2---|4---4---|--------|2-------|2 |2 |2 |4---4---|4-------|
A:--------|--------|2---2---|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|------2-|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|


The silicon chip inside her head gets switched to overload
And nobody’s gonna go to school today she?s gonna make them stay at home
And daddy doesn’t understand it He always said she was good as gold
And he can see no reasons ’cause there are no reasons
What reasons do you need to be shown?


G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|--------|44--22--|--------|1---1---|2---2---|4---4---|
A:2---2---|1---1---|--------|--------|2---2---|--------|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|4-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

[B/Bb] 


G:--------|--------|4---3---|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:2-------|4-------|--------|2-------|2---2---|2---2---|2---2---|4---4---|4---4---|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

(Briskly…)
I don?t like [B/Bb]Mondays [E/G#] I don?t like Mondays
(Tell me why) (Tell me why)
I don’t like [B/Bb] I don’t like [E/G#] I don’t like Mondays
(Tell me why) (Tell me why)
I don’t like I don’t like I don’t like 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 down…
(Oo-oo-ooh oo-oo-ooh Oooh Oooh Ooooh)
(Briskly…)
[B/Bb] [E/G#] [B/Bb] [E/G#] 


G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|--------|4-4-4-4-|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:2-2-2-2-|1-1-1-1-|--------|--------|2-2-2-2-|1-1-1-1-|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|4-4-4-4-|--------|--------|--------|4-4-4-4-|2-2-2-2-|


G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|1-1-1-1-|2-2-2-2-|4-4-4-4-|--------|1-1-1-1-|2---2---|2---2---|
A:2-2-2-2-|--------|--------|--------|2-2-2-2-|--------|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

(Slowly…)
F# N/C N/C B Ebm E F# B B


G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:4-4-4-4-|4-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|2~~~~~~~|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

Tabbed by Michael Oxner
moxner@nbnet.nb.ca
January 26th, 2012

If you want to learn The Boomtown Rats I Don’t Like Mondays guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play I Don’t Like Mondays. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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