This is a 12-bar blues. The indicated chords are simple, but you can
alter or spice them up any way you wish. This tune is pretty typical
of Monk's melodic sense: it's simple, but wry and not obvious.
Straight, No Chaser by Thelonious Monk
TAB by Bo Parker (parker_b%aplvax.span@fedex.msfc.nasa.gov)
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A7 D7
& 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E--------7--8--9-----------7--8--9--10-8---------------
B-----10----------------10-----------------------------
G--9-----------------9-----------------------------9---
D------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------
A7
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E----7--8--9-----------7--8--9-----------7--8------
B-10----------------10----------------10-----------
G----------------9-----------------9---------------
D--------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------
D7
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E----------7--8--9--10-8---------------------------
B-------10-----------------------------------------
G----9---------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------
A7 C#m7 F#7
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E----------7--8--9-----------7--8--9-----------7---
B-------10----------------10----------------10-----
G----9-----------------9-----------------9---------
D--------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------
Bm7 E7
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E-8--9--10-------------------------7--8--9--10-----
B-------------------8--9-----10-11-----------------
G----------9--10-11----------------------------9---
D--------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------
A7 Bm7 E7
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E----7--8--9--------------------------------------- repeat from >>>
B-10-----------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------9---
D--------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------
Enjoy
-Bo Parker
parker_b%aplvax.span@fedex.msfc.nasa.gov
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