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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
LAm7-5 RE7 SOLm7-5 DO7
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--------------------------------------------------------------
FAm7-5 SIb7
E--------4------4------------------------------------------------
B--0-2-4----4-2----4-2-3-----------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------
Verse 1 :
MIbm MIbm/RE MIbm/DO# DOm6 SOL#m7 DO#7 MIbm6 SIm7 MI7 SIbm7 MIb7
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-----------------------------------------------------------------
SOL#m7 DO#9 MIbm SOL#7-5 DOm7-5 FA7 SIb7-5
E--------11---14---13---------------------------------------------
B-----12---------------14---11------------------------------------
G--13--------------------------------------11---10----8h9---------
D--------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------
Verse 2 :
Almost exactly the same - but play Gbmaj7 in the 3rd line
instead of Ebm*
MIbm MIbm/RE MIbm/DO# DOm6 SOL#m7 DO#7
MIbm6 SIm7 MI7 SIbm7 MIb7
SOL#m7 DO#9 FA#maj7 SOL#7-5
DOm7-5 FA7 SIb7-5
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 :
MIbm6 SOL#7 SIm7 MI7 SIbm7 MIb7
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
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
5x554x x5453x 3x332x x3231x 1x110x 6x676x
LAm7-5 RE7 SOLm7-5 DO7 FAm7-5 SIb7
MI LA RE SOL SI MI MI LA RE SOL SI MI EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
11 9 8 x x x 10 9 8 x x x 998xxx 8x78xx 464444
MIbm MIbm/RE MIbm/DO# DOm6 SOL#m7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x4342x x6x576 757xxx 056xxx 646xxx x6564x
DO#7 MIbm6 SIm7 MI7 SIbm7 MIb7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x43444 x68876 4x453x 8x887x x8786x 6x675x
DO#9 MIbm SOL#7-5 DOm7-5 FA7 SIb7-5
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
2x332x 4x454x 797777 076750 686666 x6564x
FA#maj7 SOL#7 SIm7 MI7 SIbm7 MIb7
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