Round Midnight tab by Monk Thelonious

Tabs 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




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