| B | D#m | E | F# | |
| The | silicon chip in | side her head gets | switched to over | load, |
| B | D#m | |
| And | nobody's gonna go to | school today, she's gonna |
| E | F# | |
| Make them stay at | home, |
| E | F# | |
| And | daddy doesn't under | stand it, |
| B | E | |
| He always | said she was good as gold. |
| E | |
| And he can | see no reasons, cos there are no reasons, |
| E | F# | F#6 | F#7 | |
| What | reasons do you need to be | shown? |
| B | B/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, |
| E | F# | |
| I wanna | shoot, Oo-oo-oo-oo- | ooh, |
| B | D#m | E | F# | E | |
| The whole day | down. |
| 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? |
| Tell me why I don't like Mondays |
| Tell me why I don't like Mondays |
| Tell me why I don't like Mondays |
| E | F# | |
| I wanna | shoot, Oo-oo-oo-oo- | ooh, |
| D#sus4 | D#m | D#sus4 | D#m | B | Bsus4 | |
| The whole day | down, | down, | down, | shoot it all | down... |
| (Instrumental break): |
| B |D#m | |E |F# |Badd2 | | | |
| And all the |
| B | D#m | |
| Playing's stopped in the | playground, now. |
| E | F# | |
| She | wants to play with her | toys a while. |
| B | D#m | |
| And | school's out early and | soon we'll be learning |
| E | F# | |
| And the | lesson today is | how to die. |
| E | F#sus4 | |
| And then the | bullhorn crackles, and the | captain tackles, |
| B | E/B | B | E | |
| With the | problems and the | how's | and why's |
| E | E | |
| And he can | see no reasons, cos there | are no reasons |
| E | F# | F#6 | F#7 | |
| What | reason do you need to | die, | die? | Oooh, and |
| (repeat first verse/chorus, until CODA): |
| B | B/A# | E/G# | |
| Why I don't like, | I don't like, (Tell me | why) I don't like |
| F# | B | D#m | E | |
| Mondays, tell me | why, I don't like, | I don't like (tell me | why) |
| F# | B | D#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#m | E | F# | B | |
| (Oo-oo-ooh, | oo-oo-ooh, | oooooh.) |