On A Monday chords by Arlo Guthrie
Verse 1
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I'm going to sing you a
Lead
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Belly song, all right?
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Lead
Belly wrote some great songs.
We don't always hear them
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because they're kind of weird.
D
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Unless you like them.
D
Now this one's called
On a
Monday, but it's not just about
Monday.
It's about
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Tuesday and
Wednesday,
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Thursday and
Friday,
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Saturday, and the other one.
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If you ever thought you had a bad week in this world,
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this is the song to sing.
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On a
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Monday, I was arrested
And on a
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Tuesday, I got locked up in jail
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And on a
D
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Wednesday, my trial was attested
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And on a
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Thursday, nobody would go my bail
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D
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Yes, I'm gone, almost gone
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G
D
Yes, I'm gone, I'm almost gone
A
D
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Yes, I'm gone, I'm almost gone
D
And I ain't gonna be seeing them
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pretty women no more
Take these stripes,
Em
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these stripes from off my shoulder
Take these chains,
G
these chains from off of my leg
Em
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Well, these stripes,
D
G
D
you know that they don't bother me
But these chains,
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these chains are killin' me dead
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Em
Yes, I'm gone, almost gone
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D
G
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Yes, I'm gone, I'm almost gone
A
D
G
Yes, I'm gone, I'm almost gone
D
And I ain't gonna be seein'
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them pretty women no more
D
Now on a
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D
Friday, my baby went out a -walkin'
And on a
Saturday, you know she
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locked up the door
And on a
Sunday, she must have
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done some talkin'
Cause on a
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Monday, she had sold all of my clothes
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G
D
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Yes, I'm gone, almost gone
D
Yes, I'm gone, I'm almost gone
A
D
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Yes, I'm gone, almost gone
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And I ain't gonna be seeing
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them pretty women no more
Outro 1
On A Monday
Arlo Guthrie
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