MONK THELONIOUS - "round midnight" Tablature

Round Midnight - Thelonious Monk
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arranged by Howard Wright
Howard.Wright@ed.ac.uk



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 D7 Gm7-5 C7 etc

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








Intro :
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Am7-5 D7 Gm7-5 C7

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 Bb7

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



Verse 1 :
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Ebm Ebm/D Ebm/Db Cm6 Abm7 Db7 Ebm6 Bm7 E7 Bbm7 Eb7

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



Abm7 Db9 Ebm* Ab7-5 Cm7-5 F7 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 Gbmaj7 in the 3rd line
instead of Ebm*



Ebm Ebm/D Ebm/Db Cm6 Abm7 Db7

Ebm6 Bm7 E7 Bbm7 Eb7

Abm7 Db9 Gbmaj7 Ab7-5

Cm7-5 F7 Bb7-5





Chord Shapes :
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EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
5x554x x5453x 3x332x x3231x 1x110x 6x676x

Am7-5 D7 Gm7-5 C7 Fm7-5 Bb7



E A D G B E E A D G B E EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
11 9 8 x x x 10 9 8 x x x 998xxx 8x78xx 464444

Ebm Ebm/D Ebm/Db Cm6 Abm7



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

Db7 Ebm6 Bm7 E7 Bbm7 Eb7



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

Db9 Ebm* Ab7-5 Cm7-5 F7 Bb7-5



EADGBE
2x332x

Gbmaj7