Round Midnight Lyrics

Subject: m/thelonious_monk/round_midnight.crd
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 15:34:22 +0100 (BST)
Round Midnight - Thelonious Monk
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 :
Verse 1 :
G--13--------------------------------------11---10----8h9----------|
Verse 2 :
Almost exactly the same - but play Gbmaj7 in the 3rd line
instead of Ebm*
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 :
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 :
These are just suggested shapes - you could try others.
Note - I've included two alternatives for these chords : Bm7, Bbm7, E7, Eb7