Rainy Days And Mondays

Words & Music by Paul Williams & Roger Nichols
Recorded by The Carpenters, 1972 (#2)


G      G/F#  Em7      Bm7-5   E7
Talking to myself and feeling old;

 Am7                  Bm7    Am7                 D9
Sometimes I'd like to quit, nothing ever seems to fit;

 Em7    Em7/F#   CM7   Am7        D9  D7   G    G/F#
Hanging   a  -  round, nothing to do but frown --

Am7                    C     Gdim     G   D7sus4
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.


G         G/F#     Em7     Bm7-5      E7
What I've got they used to call the blues.

Am7                Bm7    Am7                    D9
Nothing is really wrong, feeling like I don't belong,

Em7    Em7/F#   CM7   Am7          D9    D7   G    G/F#
Walking a  -  round, some kind of lone - ly clown --

Am7                    C      Gdim     G   D   B7
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.


Bridge:

  Em7         CM7           Am7      D7      GM7
Funny but it seems I always wind up here with you —

Bm7        CM7          D7sus4  D7       B7
   Nice to know somebody loves  me.

Em7           CM7                 Am7    D7     Em    Bm7    Em7
Funny, but it seems that it's the only thing to do —

        CM7              D7aua4   D   D7sus4   D
Run and find the one who loves   me.


G      G/F#     Em       Bm7-5   E7
What I feel has come and gone before;

Am7                Bm7  Am7                     D9
No need to talk it out, we know what it's all about;

Em7    Em7/F#   CM7   Am7        D9  D7   G    G/F#
Hanging   a  -  round, nothing to do but frown --

 Am7                   C      Gdim     G    D   B7
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.


(Repeat bridge, new last line)

        CM7             D7aua4  D    E7sus4  E7
Run and find the one who loves  me.


A               C#m     C#m7-5  F#7    
What I feel has come and gone before;

Bm                 C#m7 Bm                    C#m7
No need to talk it out, we know what it's all about;

 F#m7      DM7  Bm7                 A
Hanging around, nothing to do but frown --

 Bm7                   D          Cdim  AM7    D   C#7
Rainy days and Mondays always  get me  down.


Coda:

F#m7       DM7  Bm7                 A
Hanging around, nothing to do but frown --

D                     Bm7 - C#m     D  (N.C.)  A  Bm7-5  A  Bm7-5   A
Rainy days and Mondays al- ways get me down.




 
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