Round Midnight  -   Thelonious Monk
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arranged by Howard Wright



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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Am7-5Am7-5 Piano Chord 
               D7D7 Piano Chord 
            Gm7-5Gm7-5 Piano Chord 
             C7C7 Piano Chord 


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


Fm7-5Fm7-5 Piano Chord 
              Bb7Bb7 Piano Chord 


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


Verse 1 :
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EbmEbm Piano Chord 
  Ebm/D  Ebm/Db   Cm6Cm6 Piano Chord 
  Abm7Abm7 Piano Chord 
  Db7Db7 Piano Chord 
   Ebm6Ebm6 Piano Chord 
               Bm7Bm7 Piano Chord 
  E7E7 Piano Chord 
  Bbm7Bbm7 Piano Chord 
  Eb7Eb7 Piano Chord 


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 Piano Chord 
            Db9Db9 Piano Chord 
      Ebm*Ebm* Piano Chord 
   Ab7-5Ab7-5 Piano Chord 
  Cm7-5Cm7-5 Piano Chord 
  F7F7 Piano Chord 
   Bb7-5Bb7-5 Piano Chord 


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*


EbmEbm Piano Chord 
  Ebm/D  Ebm/Db   Cm6Cm6 Piano Chord 
    Abm7Abm7 Piano Chord 
  Db7Db7 Piano Chord 


Ebm6Ebm6 Piano Chord 
      Bm7Bm7 Piano Chord 
  E7E7 Piano Chord 
  Bbm7Bbm7 Piano Chord 
  Eb7Eb7 Piano Chord 


Abm7Abm7 Piano Chord 
   Db9Db9 Piano Chord 
  Gbmaj7Gbmaj7 Piano Chord 
   Ab7-5Ab7-5 Piano Chord 


Cm7-5Cm7-5 Piano Chord 
   F7F7 Piano Chord 
   Bb7-5Bb7-5 Piano Chord 






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 :

Ebm6Ebm6 Piano Chord 
   Ab7Ab7 Piano Chord 
   Bm7Bm7 Piano Chord 
 E7E7 Piano Chord 
 Bbm7Bbm7 Piano Chord 
 Eb7Eb7 Piano Chord 




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

Am7-5Am7-5 Piano Chord 
      D7D7 Piano Chord 
        Gm7-5Gm7-5 Piano Chord 
     C7C7 Piano Chord 
       Fm7-5Fm7-5 Piano Chord 
     Bb7Bb7 Piano Chord 



EE Piano Chord 
  AA Piano Chord 
 DD Piano Chord 
 GG Piano Chord 
 BB Piano Chord 
 EE Piano Chord 
    EE Piano Chord 
  AA Piano Chord 
 DD Piano Chord 
 GG Piano Chord 
 BB Piano Chord 
 EE Piano Chord 
    EE Piano Chord 
AA Piano Chord 
DD Piano Chord 
GG Piano Chord 
BB Piano Chord 
EE Piano Chord 
    EE Piano Chord 
AA Piano Chord 
DD Piano Chord 
GG Piano Chord 
BB Piano Chord 
EE Piano Chord 
    EE Piano Chord 
AA Piano Chord 
DD Piano Chord 
GG Piano Chord 
BB Piano Chord 
EE Piano Chord 

11 9 8 x x x    10 9 8 x x x    998xxx    8x78xx    464444

EbmEbm Piano Chord 
               Ebm/D       Ebm/Db     Cm6Cm6 Piano Chord 
       Abm7Abm7 Piano Chord 



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

Db7Db7 Piano Chord 
      Ebm6Ebm6 Piano Chord 
      Bm7Bm7 Piano Chord 
        E7E7 Piano Chord 
       Bbm7Bbm7 Piano Chord 
      Eb7Eb7 Piano Chord 



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

Db9Db9 Piano Chord 
      Ebm*Ebm* Piano Chord 
      Ab7-5Ab7-5 Piano Chord 
    Cm7-5Cm7-5 Piano Chord 
      F7F7 Piano Chord 
        Bb7-5Bb7-5 Piano Chord 



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

Gbmaj7Gbmaj7 Piano Chord 
     Ab7Ab7 Piano Chord 
        Bm7Bm7 Piano Chord 
        E7E7 Piano Chord 
       Bbm7Bbm7 Piano Chord 
      Eb7Eb7 Piano Chord