Chord/Tab song: Round Midnight

Subject: m/thelonious_monk/round_midnight.crd
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 15:34:22 +0100 (BST)

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 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]

One small variation you can try is on the second line of chords.
Instead of staying on Ebm6 then going to Bm7, you could try this :

[Ebm6] [Ab7] [Bm7] [E7] [Bbm7] [Eb7]

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, Eb7

[EADGBE]5x554x [EADGBE]x5453x [EADGBE]3x332x [EADGBE]x3231x [EADGBE]1x110x [EADGBE]6x676x

[Am7-5] [D7] [Gm7-5] [C7] [Fm7-5][Bb7]
[E]11 [A]9 [D]8 [G]x [B]x [E]x [E]10 [A]9 [D]8 [G]x [B]x [E]x [EADGBE]998xxx [EADGBE]8x78xx [EADGBE]464444

[Ebm] [Ebm/D] [Ebm/Db] [Cm6][Abm7]
[EADGBE]x4342x [EADGBE]x6x576 [EADGBE]757xxx [EADGBE]056xxx [EADGBE]646xxx [EADGBE]x6564x

[Db7] [Ebm6] [Bm7] [E7] [Bbm7][Eb7]
[EADGBE]x43444 [EADGBE]x68876 [EADGBE]4x453x [EADGBE]8x887x [EADGBE]x8786x [EADGBE]6x675x

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

[EADGBE]2x332x [EADGBE]4x454x [EADGBE]797777 [EADGBE]076750 [EADGBE]686666 [EADGBE]x6564x

[Gbmaj7] [Ab7] [Bm7] [E7][Bbm7][Eb7]