Rainy Days And Mondays
Karen Carpenter

Words and Music by: Paul Williams & Roger Nichols
Midi 1 (Eb75)*    Midi 2 (Ab75) Midi 3 (G100)     Midi 4(A75)
Tabbed by Mark Purintun

Lead in:
| 7 7 -8  8 | -6 7 7 -8 8 |
|-6 7  7 -6 7 7 -9 8 7 -6 | 6 hold 8 beats |


    5  6   6  6  6   6   -5     6   5 r R
| Talkin' to myself and feel | in' old.   |
    5   6    5    6  -6   6  R     5  6   6 5    6   -6  6 R
| Sometimes I'd like to quit,  | nothing ever seems to fit.  |
    7  7  -8  8      -6  7  -6  7  -8   8  r
| Hangin' around, | nothing to do but frown. |
   -6 7   7   -6   7  7   -9 8   7  -6     6  R
| Rainy days and Mondays always get me | down.  |

    5    6   6    6    6   6  -5   6    5  ---> R
| What I've got they used to call the blues. |    |
    5  6   5  6  -6    6       5  6    6  5  6    -6  6
| Nothin' is really wrong. | Feelin' like I don't belong. |
    7  7  -8  8      -6    7  -6  7  -8   8
| Walkin' around, | some kind of lonely clown. |
   -6 7   7   -6  7  7   -9  8   7  -6     6  
| Rainy Days and Mondays always get me | down. |

   -8 7  6   5   -6  4  4  5      6   6 5    6    5   6  r
| Funny but it seems I always | wind up a -here with you.  |
  R  6  -7   7   -6 -6 -6     -6   6  r
|  Nice to know somebody  | loves me.   |
   -8 7  6   5  -6    4    4    5     6 6   6   -6  6 r  
| Funny but it seems that it's the | only thing to do.  |
   6   -7   7   -6  -6  6      -6  6     6   -7  -8     8   -8
| Run and find the one who | loves me. (the one who | loves me) |

    6  6   6   6    6   6   -5     6  5  R    5   6   5   6   -6 6  R    6   -6 6
| What I feel has come and gone  |before.  | No need to talk it out.  |(talk it out)
   5   6    6    5   6  -6 6 R     7 7   -8  8    -6  7  -6  7 -8    8  r
| We know what it's all about. | Hangin' around, nothing to do but frown. |
   -6 7   7   -6  7  7   -9  8   7  -6    -6  r  R
| Rainy days and Mondays always get me | down.     |

(Instrumental here)

   -8 7  6   5  -6    4    4    5     6 6   6   -6  6 r
| Funny but it seems that it's the | only thing to do.  |
   6   -7   7   -6  -6  6      -6  6  R    6   -7  -8   8   -8
| Run and find the one who | loves me.  |(the one who loves me)|

   -6  -6 -6   -6  -6   -6   6    -6  -5    -5  -6  -5  -6  -7  -6    6   -6 6
| What I feel has come and gone | before. | No need to talk it out. (talk it out) |
  -5  -6   -6   -5   -6 -7 -6 r   -8 -8  8  -9      -7 -8 -7 -8   8   -9
| We know what it's all about. | Hangin' around, | nothin' to do but frown. |
   -7 -8 -8   -7  -8 -8   9  -9  -8 -7    -6  r  R
| Rainy days and Mondays always get me | down.      |

   -8 -8  8  9     -7  -8 -7 -8  8   -9
| Hangin' around, nothing to do but frown. |
   -7-8  -8   -7  -8 -8   9  -9    -8 -7  -6 r R
| Rainy days and Mondays always | get me down.    |

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