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Round Midnight by Monk Thelonious

Round Midnight chords by Monk Thelonious

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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 :  Am7-5   Chord diagramD7D7    Gm7-5   Chord diagramC7C7  etc

You could play :  Am7-5   D7-5    Gm7-5   C7-5







Intro :
--------


   Am7-5               Chord diagramD7D7            Gm7-5             Chord diagramC7C7

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--------------------------------------------------------------

   Fm7-5              Chord diagramBb7Bb7

E--------4------4------------------------------------------------
B--0-2-4----4-2----4-2-3-----------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------



Verse 1 :
----------


 Chord diagramEbmEbm  Ebm/D  Ebm/Db   Chord diagramCm6Cm6  Chord diagramAbm7Abm7  Chord diagramDb7Db7   Chord diagramEbm6Ebm6               Chord diagramBm7Bm7  Chord diagramE7E7  Chord diagramBbM7Bbm7  Chord diagramEb7Eb7

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-----------------------------------------------------------------


  Chord diagramAbm7Abm7            Chord diagramDb9Db9      Ebm*   Ab7-5  Cm7-5  Chord diagramF7F7   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 Chord diagramGbmaj7Gbmaj7 in the 3rd line
instead of Ebm*


Chord diagramEbmEbm  Ebm/D  Ebm/Db   Chord diagramCm6Cm6    Chord diagramAbm7Abm7  Chord diagramDb7Db7

Chord diagramEbm6Ebm6      Chord diagramBm7Bm7  Chord diagramE7E7  Chord diagramBbM7Bbm7  Chord diagramEb7Eb7

Chord diagramAbm7Abm7   Chord diagramDb9Db9  Chord diagramGbmaj7Gbmaj7   Ab7-5

Cm7-5   Chord diagramF7F7   Bb7-5





One small variation you can try is on the second line of chords.
Instead of staying on Chord diagramEbm6Ebm6 then going to Bm7, you could try this :


Chord diagramEbm6Ebm6   Chord diagramAb7Ab7   Chord diagramBm7Bm7 Chord diagramE7E7 Chord diagramBbM7Bbm7 Chord diagramEb7Eb7



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, Chord diagramEb7Eb7


  EADGBE    EADGBE    EADGBE    EADGBE    EADGBE    EADGBE
  5x554x    x5453x    3x332x    x3231x    1x110x    6x676x

   Am7-5      Chord diagramD7D7        Gm7-5     Chord diagramC7C7       Fm7-5     Chord diagramBb7Bb7


  Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramBB Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramBB Chord diagramE MajorE    EADGBE    EADGBE    EADGBE
  11 9 8 x x x    10 9 8 x x x    998xxx    8x78xx    464444

    Chord diagramEbmEbm               Ebm/D       Ebm/Db     Chord diagramCm6Cm6       Chord diagramAbm7Abm7


  EADGBE    EADGBE    EADGBE    EADGBE    EADGBE    EADGBE
  x4342x    x6x576    757xxx    056xxx    646xxx    x6564x

    Chord diagramDb7Db7      Chord diagramEbm6Ebm6      Chord diagramBm7Bm7        Chord diagramE7E7       Chord diagramBbM7Bbm7      Chord diagramEb7Eb7


  EADGBE    EADGBE    EADGBE    EADGBE    EADGBE    EADGBE
  x43444    x68876    4x453x    8x887x    x8786x    6x675x

    Chord diagramDb9Db9      Ebm*      Ab7-5    Cm7-5      Chord diagramF7F7        Bb7-5


  EADGBE    EADGBE      EADGBE    EADGBE    EADGBE    EADGBE
  2x332x    4x454x      797777    076750    686666    x6564x

   Chord diagramGbmaj7Gbmaj7     Chord diagramAb7Ab7        Chord diagramBm7Bm7        Chord diagramE7E7       Chord diagramBbM7Bbm7      Chord diagramEb7Eb7

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