Round Midnight tab by Monk Thelonious

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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




Chord Shapes :
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 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
 2x332x

 Gbmaj7Gbmaj7

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