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Manic Monday – The Bangles
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
The Bangles
Manic Monday (1986)
(Prince)
From: "In a Different Light"
My reading of this beautiful song. Enjoy!
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
D(5) x-x-0-2-3-x
G(5) 3-x-0-0-3-x
G/F# 2-x-0-0-3-x
G/E 0-2-x-0-3-x (= G/E)
Dmaj7 x-x-0-2-2-x
D/A x-0-4-2-3-x
C/A x-0-5-4-3-x
A5 x-0-2-2-x-x
Asus4 x-0-2-2-3-x
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INTRO
| D | G G/F# G/E | Dmaj7 | G G/F# G/E |
| D | G G/F# G/E | Dmaj7 | G G/F# G/E |
| D |
VERSE
D
Six o'clock already
G | D | G G/E |
I was just in the middle of a dream
D
I was kissin' Valentino
G | D | G G/E |
By a crystal blue Italian stream
VERSE + bridge
D
But I can't be late
G | D | G G/E |
'Cause then I guess I just won't get paid
D/A
These are the days
G/A | D |
When you wish your bed was already made
CHORUS
(break)
A5 D
It's just another manic Monday
G G/E D
I wish it was Sunday
G G/E D
'Cause that's my fun day
G G/E D
My I don't have to run day
Asus4 D
It's just another manic Monday
(break)
VERSE
D
Have to catch an early train
G | D | G G/E |
Got to be to work by nine
D
And if I had an aeroplane
G | D | G G/E |
I still couldn't make it on time
VERSE + bridge
D
'Cause it takes me so long
G | D | G G/E |
Just to figure out what I'm gonna wear
D/A
Blame it on the train
G/A | D |
But the boss is already there
CHORUS
(break)
A5 D
It's just another manic Monday
G G/E D
I wish it was Sunday
G G/E D
'Cause that's my fun day
G G/E D
My I don't have to run day
Asus4 D
It's just another manic Monday
(break)
MIDDLE 8
Bm
All of the nights
Bm
Why did my lover have to pick
E
Last night to get down
(Last night, last night)
G
Doesn't it matter
(Doesn't it matter)
A
That I have to feed the both of us
Bm
Employment's down
G E/G#
He tells me in his bedroom voice
Asus4 Asus4 Asus4 A7
C'mon honey, let's go make some noise
(break)
A7
Time it goes so fast
(When you're having fun)
CHORUS (variation and coda)
(break)
A5 D
It's just another manic Monday
G G/E D
I wish it was Sunday
G G/E D
'Cause that's my fun day
G G/E D
My I don't have to run day
G G/F# Asus4 D
It's just another manic Monday
G G/E D
I wish it was Sunday
G G/E D
'Cause that's my fun day
G G/F# Asus4 D D
It's just another manic Monday
