"Manic Monday" by The Bangles
Written by Christopher (aka Prince) (1986)


[Intro] (4 beats each chord)
       
           Tacet


[Verse 1]
             
Six o'clock al

            
ready I was ju

             
st in the midd

              
le of a dream
             
I was kissin' 

              
Valentino by a

           
 crystal blue 

               
Italian stream
             
But I can't be

              
 late, 'cause 

           
then I guess I

              
 just won't ge

       
t paid
             
These are the 

             
days when you 

            
wish your bed 

             
was already ma

de


[Chorus]
       
It's just anot

             
her manic Mond

        
ay (oh, oh)
              
I wish it were

            
 Sunday (oh, o

h)
              
'Cause that's 

             
my fun day (oh

  
, oh-oh-o)
              
My I-don't-hav

     
e-to-run day (

oh)
             
It's just anot

         
her manic Mond


ay


[Verse 2]
             
Have to catch 

              
an early train

           
, got to be to

              
 work by nine
             
And if I had a

              
n airplane, I 

           
still couldn't

             
 make it on ti

    
me
             
'Cause it take

              
s me so long j

           
ust to figure 

              
out what I'm g

          
onna wear
             
Blame it on th

             
e train but th

            
e boss is alre

     
ady there


[Chorus]
       
It's just anot

             
her manic Mond

        
ay (oh, oh)
              
I wish it were

            
 Sunday (oh, o

h)
              
'Cause that's 

             
my fun day (oh

  
, oh-oh-o)
              
My I-don't-hav

     
e-to-run day (

oh)
             
It's just anot

         
her manic Mond


ay


[Bridge]

Of all of my n

ights, why did

 my lover have

 to pick
     
Last night to 

get down? (Las

t night, last 

night)
             
Doesn't it mat

            
ter that I hav

              
e-to-feed the 

             
both-of-us emp


loyment's down

             
He tells me in

             
 his bedroom v


oice
            
"C'mon ↓honey,

            
 ↓let's go mak

            
e some ↓noise.

        
" (doo-du, doo

 
-du)

↓Time it goes 

so fast (...wh

en you're havi

ng fun)


[Outro]
       
It's just anot

             
her manic Mond

        
ay (oh, oh)
              
I wish it were

            
 Sunday (oh, o

h)
              
'Cause that's 

             
my fun day (oh

  
, oh-oh-o)
              
My I-don't-hav

     
e-to-run day (

oh)

             
It's just anot

           
her manic Mond

        
ay (oh, oh)
              
I wish it were

            
 Sunday (oh, o

h)
              
'Cause that's 

   
my fun day (oh

)
             
It's just anot

          
her manic Mond

 
ay