On A Monday chords by
Arlo Guthrie

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Key: D major

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

Outro 1

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsG D A Em

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