Chords with lyrics
Round Midnight - Thelonious Monk ----------------------------------------------- arranged by Howard Wright [email protected] I worked out these chords by listening to two versions of the song I've got - one with Monk playing solo at the piano, and another with him and drums, bass, horns etc.
The two versions aren't exactly the same - but I've tried to find the common ground between them to get a 'basic' arrangement. You can play around with the chords, jazzing them up a bit, but the ones I'll give at the start are the 'basics'. Within the versions I've got, there's a lot of variation in the chords. Especially Monk's playing at the piano - he seems to love adding flat 5ths to every other chord !!! In fact, if you want to increase the 'Monk factor', instead of playing straight 7ths, play 7-5 chords instead. E.g in the intro chords instead of : Am7-5D7D7 Gm7-5
C7C7 etc You could play : Am7-5 D7-5 Gm7-5 C7-5 Intro : -------- Am7-5
D7D7 Gm7-5
C7C7 E---------8------8-------------------------6------6------------ B---4-6-8----8-6----8-6-7------------2-4-6----6-4---6-4-5------ G-------------------------------------------------------------- D-------------------------------------------------------------- A-------------------------------------------------------------- E--------------------------------------------------------------
Fm7-5Bb7Bb7 E--------4------4------------------------------------------------ B--0-2-4----4-2----4-2-3----------------------------------------------- G-------------------------------------------------------------- D-------------------------------------------------------------- A-------------------------------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------------------------------- Verse 1 : ----------
EbmEbm Ebm/D Ebm/Db
Cm6Cm6
Abm7Abm7
Db7Db7
Ebm6Ebm6
Bm7Bm7
E7E7
BbM7Bbm7
Eb7Eb7 E----------6-----------------6--------------6--9--8------------------------ B--------6---7--------------------9-------7----------------10---9---9----8- G------8---------------8----------------8---------------8------------------ D----8--------------8-------------------------------------------------- A------------------------------------------------------------------- E-----------------------------------------------------------------
Abm7Abm7
Db9Db9 Ebm* Ab7-5 Cm7-5
F7F7 Bb7-5 E--------11---14---13--------------------------------------------- B-----12---------------14---11------------------------------------ G--13--------------------------------------11---10----8h9--------- D-------------------------------------------------------------- A-------------------------------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------------------------------- Verse 2 : ---------- Almost exactly the same - but play
Gbmaj7Gbmaj7 in the 3rd line instead of Ebm*
EbmEbm Ebm/D Ebm/Db
Cm6Cm6
Abm7Abm7
Db7Db7
Ebm6Ebm6
Bm7Bm7
E7E7
BbM7Bbm7
Eb7Eb7
Abm7Abm7
Db9Db9
Gbmaj7Gbmaj7 Ab7-5 Cm7-5
F7F7 Bb7-5 One small variation you can try is on the second line of chords. Instead of staying on
Ebm6Ebm6 then going to Bm7, you could try this :
Ebm6Ebm6
Ab7Ab7
Bm7Bm7
E7E7
BbM7Bbm7
Eb7Eb7 The rest of the song repeats these chord changes - but breaks them up a bit and varies them as the solos go over the top. Chord Shapes : -------------- These are just suggested shapes - you could try others. Note - I've included two alternatives for these chords : Bm7, Bbm7, E7,
Eb7Eb7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 5x554x x5453x 3x332x x3231x 1x110x 6x676x Am7-5
D7D7 Gm7-5
C7C7 Fm7-5
Bb7Bb7
E MajorE
A augmentedA
D MajorD
G+G
BB
E MajorE
E MajorE
A augmentedA
D MajorD
G+G
BB
E MajorE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 11 9 8 x x x 10 9 8 x x x 998xxx 8x78xx 464444
EbmEbm Ebm/D Ebm/Db
Cm6Cm6
Abm7Abm7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x4342x x6x576 757xxx 056xxx 646xxx x6564x
Db7Db7
Ebm6Ebm6
Bm7Bm7
E7E7
BbM7Bbm7
Eb7Eb7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x43444 x68876 4x453x 8x887x x8786x 6x675x
Db9Db9 Ebm* Ab7-5 Cm7-5
F7F7 Bb7-5 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 2x332x 4x454x 797777 076750 686666 x6564x
Gbmaj7Gbmaj7
Ab7Ab7
Bm7Bm7
E7E7
BbM7Bbm7
Eb7Eb7
Other versions of Round Midnight
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Round midnight by Monk Thelonious
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