Round Midnight chords by Monk Thelonious

Round Midnight -  Thelonious Monk
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                  arranged by Howard Wright
                  H.Wright@astro.cf.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







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

  Gbmaj7   Ab7    Bm7    E7    Bbm7   Eb7