The Boomtown Rats (1975-1984) foram um grupo de punk rock/new wave liderado por Bob Geldof que se veio a tornar conhecido por organizar shows beneficentes, tais como Band Aid (com a intenção de ajudar as vítimas da fome na Etiópia), Live Aid, e Hands Across America (com intenção de ajudar os sem-teto dos Estados Unidos).
O seu maior êxito foi “I Don´t Like Mondays”, escrito a propósito do tiroteio numa escola executado por Brenda Ann Spencer, que disse tê-lo feito por não gostar das segundas-feiras.
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The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays Music by Johnny Fingers, lyrics by Bob Geldof, arranged by Daniel Pearl and transcribed by Jeremy D ([email protected])
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]
BD#mEF# The silicon chip inside her head gets switched to overload, BD#m And nobody's gonna go to school today, she’s gonna EF# Make them stay at home, EF# And daddy doesn't understand it, BE He always said she was good as gold. E And he can see no reasons, cos there are no reasons, EF#F#6F#7 What reasons do you need to be shown?
[Hook]
BB/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, EF# I wanna shoot, Oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh, BD#mEF#E The whole day down.
[Verse 2]
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?
[Hook]
BB/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, EF# I wanna shoot, Oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh, D#sus4D#mD#sus4D#mBBsus4 The whole day down, down, down, shoot it all down...
[Instrumental break]
B |D#m | |E |F# |Badd2 | | | And all the
[Verse 3]
BD#m Playing’s stopped in the playground, now. EF# She wants to play with her toys a while. BD#m And school's out early and soon we'll be learning EF# And the lesson today is how to die. EF#sus4 And then the bullhorn crackles, and the captain tackles, BE/BBE With the problems and the how's and why's EE And he can see no reasons, cos there are no reasons EF#F#6F#7 What reason do you need to die, die? Oooh, and
[Hook]
BB/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, EF# I wanna shoot, Oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh, BD#mEF#E The whole day down.
BB/A#E/G# Why I don’t like, I don’t like, (Tell me why) I don’t like F#BD#mE Mondays, tell me why, I don’t like, I don’t like (tell me why) F#BD#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#mEF#B (Oo-oo-ooh, oo-oo-ooh, oooooh.)