• Song:

    Rainy Days and Mondays

  • Artist:

    The Carpenters

  • Album:

    Interpretations: A Carp...

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From: HCR

RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS -- Carpenters

TUNING: Standard

Really great way to play this lovely song, not too complicated and sounds very good.

Em7: 010000
C7M; 332000
D7sus4: xx0213
D6: xx0202
G7M:320002
E7sus4: 020200
D7M: xx0222
A7M: x02120

G (320003@1)           Em7      D (xx0232@1)    E7 (020130@1)Talking to myself and feeling old; 
 Am7 (x02010@1)                D (xx0232@1)  Am7 (x02010@1)                  D (xx0232@1)Sometimes I'd like to quit, nothing ever seems to fit; 
 Em7            C7M (x3131x@1) Am7 (x02010@1)       D (xx0232@1)D7 (xx0212@1) G (320003@1)  
Hanging   a  -  round, nothing to do but frown -- 
Am7 (x02010@1)                  C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1) D7sus4 (xx0213@1)Rainy days and Mondays always get me down. 
 
G (320003@1)                Em7     D (xx0232@1)      E7 (020130@1)What I've got they used to call the blues. 
Am7 (x02010@1)             D (xx0232@1)    Am7 (x02010@1)                  D (xx0232@1)Nothing is really wrong, feeling like I don't belong, 
Em7           C7M (x3131x@1)  Am7 (x02010@1)        D (xx0232@1)    D7 (xx0212@1)name="chord_320003@1">G     
Walking a  -  round, some kind of lone - ly clown -- 
Am7 (x02010@1)                  C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1) D6 (xx04xx@1)Rainy days and Mondays always get me down. 
 
Bridge: 
  Em7         C7M (x3131x@1)         Am7 (x02010@1)    D7 (xx0212@1)     G7M (131141@3)Funny but it seems I always wind up here with you ? 
D (xx0232@1)     C7M (x3131x@1)         D7sus4 (xx0213@1)  D7 (xx0212@1)  D6 (xx04xx@1)Nice to know somebody loves  me. 
Em7           C7M (x3131x@1)               Am7 (x02010@1)D7 (xx0212@1)     Em (022000@1)  D (xx0232@1)  Em7 
Funny, but it seems that it's the only thing to do ? 
        C7M (x3131x@1)            D7sus4 (xx0213@1)D (xx0232@1) D7sus4 (xx0213@1) D (xx0232@1)Run and find the one who loves   me. 
 
G (320003@1)             Em7      D (xx0232@1)     E7 (020130@1)What I feel has come and gone before; 
Am7 (x02010@1)              D (xx0232@1)  Am7 (x02010@1)                   D (xx0232@1)No need to talk it out, we know what it's all about; 
Em7             C7M (x3131x@1) Am7 (x02010@1)       D (xx0232@1)D7 (xx0212@1)G (320003@1)   
Hanging   a  -  round, nothing to do but frown -- 
 Am7 (x02010@1)                 C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1) D6 (xx04xx@1)Rainy days and Mondays always get me down. 


(Optional Key Change - otherwise same chords as before

(Repeat bridge, new last line) 
        C7M (x3131x@1)           D7sus4 (xx0213@1)D (xx0232@1)  E7sus4 (020200@1)E7 (020130@1)Run and find the one who loves  me. 
 
A (x02220@1)             C#m (x13321@4)           F# (244322@1)   
What I feel has come and gone before; 
Bm (x24432@1)               C#m (x13321@4)Bm (x24432@1)                   C#m (x13321@4)No need to talk it out, we know what it's all about; 
 F#m (244222@1)     D7M (xx0211@1)D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1)Hanging around, nothing to do but frown -- 
 D (xx0232@1)                 D (xx0232@1)               A7M (x02010@1)  D (xx0232@1)  
Rainy days and Mondays always  get me  down. 
 
Coda: 
F#m (244222@1)     D7M (xx0211@1) D (xx0232@1)               A (x02220@1)Hanging around, nothing to do but frown -- 
D (xx0232@1)                       C#m (x13321@4) D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)
Rainy days and Mondays al- ways get me down. 


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