Biography:
The Boomtown Rats is a rock group led by Bob Geldof (full name: Robert Fredrick Zenon Geldof, born October 5th 1951). Playing punk and New Wave influenced music, their initial incarnation lasted from 1976 to 1986), but the band recently reformed. All six primary members (Gary Roberts, Pete Briquette, Gerry Cott, Simon Crowe, and Johnnie Moylett alongside Geldof) were originally from Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland.
Originally, they used the moniker 'The Nightlife Thugs'.
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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
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
N.C. C Em F G C C (on 8th Fret)
The whole day down.
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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
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
N.C. C Em F G C C (on 8th Fret)
The whole day down.
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