Chords for Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays (Live SPOB 1981)

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We'd like to do a song that's been [Ab] very kind to us. _ _
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[C] The silicon chip [Em] inside her head, [Dm]
it's switched to [G] overload.
_ [C] And nobody's gonna [E] go to [Em] school today, [C] she's gonna make them stay [G] at home.
_ [F] And daddy doesn't [G] understand it, he [C] always said [D] she was good [F] as gold.
And he can see no reasons, cause there are no reasons why, reason do you need [G] to be sure.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, [C] tell me why I don't like [Em] Mondays.
[E] Tell me why I don't [G] like _ [C] Mondays.
I don't [B] like [Bm] Mondays, [F] I wanna shoot.
Oh, oh, oh, [G] oh, _ _ the [C] whole day down.
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[C] The TANUX [E] machine is kept so clean, [F] and it types to a [G] waiting world.
A [C] mother feels so shocked, [E] father's [Em] world is rocked, [F] and their thoughts turn to [G] their own little girl.
[F] Sweet sixteen, ain't [G] that peachy keen, [C] but it ain't [D] so neat [F] to admit defeat.
They can see no reasons, cause there are no reasons why, reasons [G] do you need.
Oh, oh, [D] oh, oh, tell [C] me why I don't [Em] like Mondays.
_ [F] Tell me why I [G] don't like _ _ [C] Mondays.
I don't [Bm] like Mondays, [C] I wanna shoot.
Oh, _ [G] oh, oh, oh, _ the [E] whole day [Em] down.
Down, down, shoot it all [C] down. _ _ _ _ _
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Another playin' stopped in [Em] the playground, now [F] she wants to play [G] with her toys awhile.
[C] And school's out early, and [Em] soon we'll be [F] learning, and the lesson today [C] is how to die.
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_ _ [F] _ And then the bullhorn crackles, [G] and the captain [C] tackles with the problems in the house [F] and wife.
And he can see no reasons, cause there are no reasons why, reasons do you [G] need to die, die.
_ _ _ And [C] the silicon chip [Em] inside her head [F] gets switched to [G] overload.
_ [Em] Oh, [C] and nobody's gonna go to [Em] school today, she's [C] gonna make them stay [Em] at home.
_ [F] And Barry doesn't understand it, [C] he always said she was good [F] as gold.
And he can see no reasons, cause there are no reasons why, reasons do you need to [G] be shown.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, [C] tell me why I don't like [Em] Mondays.
[F] Tell me why I don't [G] like Mondays.
[C] Tell me why I don't [Em] like, I don't [F] like, I don't like [Em] Mondays.
[C] Tell me why I don't [Em] like, I don't [F] like, I don't like _ [C] Mondays.
Tell me why I don't like [Em] Mondays.
[C] I wanna shoot, ooooh, _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
the _ [Ab] whole _ day _ [C] down.
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Ooooooh, _ [D] _ _ [Dm] ooooh, _ [G] _
ooooh, ooooh, [C] ooooh. _ _ _
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