1st ever tab not sure if 100% accurate, however sounds great. Try playing along to
the track will help with the strum pattern.
I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS - THE BOOMTOWN RATS
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C Em
The silicon chip inside her head
F G
Gets switched to overload
C Em
And nobody's gonna go to school today,
F G
She's gonna make them stay at home,
F 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 show oh oh oh own
C Em
Tell me why I don't like Mondays,
F G
Tell me why I don't like Mondays,
C Em
Tell me why I don't like Mondays,
F G
I wanna shoo-oo-oo-oo - oo - oot
NC C Em F G
The whole day down.
C Em
The Telex machine is kept so clean
F G
And it types to a waiting world,
C
And Mother feels so shocked
Em
Father's world is rocked,
F
And their thoughts turn to
G
Their own little girl.
F G
Sweet sixteen ain't that peachy keen,
C F
No, that 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 oh oh oh whoa whoa
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/boomtown_rats/i_dont_like_mondays_accoustic_crd.html ]
C Em
Tell me why I don't like Mondays,
F G
Tell me why I don't like Mondays,
C Em
Tell me why I don't like Mondays,
F G
I wanna shoo-oo-oo-oo - oo - oot
NC Am C Em F G
The whole day down, down, down, shoot it all down...
C (on 8th fret x4)
C (on 8 fret) Em (on 7th Fret)
And all the playing's stopped in the playground now
F (on 8th fret) G (on 10th fret)
She wants to play with her toys a while,
C (on 8th fret) Em (on 7th fret)
And school's out early and soon we'll be learning
F (on 8th fret) G (on 10th fret)
And the lesson today is how to die.
F
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 die oh oh oh
C Em
Tell me why I don't like Mondays,
F G
Tell me why I don't like Mondays,
C Em F G
Tell me why I don't like, I don't like, I don't like Mondays,
C Em F G
Tell me why I don't like, I don't like, I don't like Mondays,
C Em
Tell me why I don't like Mondays,
F G
I wanna shoo-oo-oo-oo - oo - oot
NC C Em F G C C (on 8th Fret)
The whole day down.
