Round Midnight chords by Monk Thelonious

Chords with lyrics

Round Midnight  -   Thelonious Monk
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                                   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   D7D7    Gm7-5   C7C7  etc

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







Intro :
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   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--------------------------------------------------------------

   Fm7-5              Bb7Bb7

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



Verse 1 :
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 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 :
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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 :
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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

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