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From: parker_b%*@*
Subject: TAB: Straight, No Chaser by Thelonious Monk
This is a 12-bar blues. The indicated chords are simple, but you can
alter or spice them up any way you wish. This tune is pretty typical
of Monk's melodic sense: it's simple, but wry and not obvious.
Straight, No Chaser by Thelonious Monk
TAB by Bo Parker (parker_b%*)
>>>
A7 D7
& 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E--------7--8--9-----------7--8--9--10-8---------------|
B-----10----------------10-----------------------------|
G--9-----------------9-----------------------------9---|
D------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------|
A7
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E----7--8--9-----------7--8--9-----------7--8------|
B-10----------------10----------------10-----------|
G----------------9-----------------9---------------|
D--------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------|
D7
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E----------7--8--9--10-8---------------------------|
B-------10-----------------------------------------|
G----9---------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------|
A7 C#m7 F#7
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E----------7--8--9-----------7--8--9-----------7---|
B-------10----------------10----------------10-----|
G----9-----------------9-----------------9---------|
D--------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------|
Bm7 E7
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E-8--9--10-------------------------7--8--9--10-----|
B-------------------8--9-----10-11-----------------|
G----------9--10-11----------------------------9---|
D--------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------|
A7 Bm7 E7
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
E----7--8--9---------------------------------------| repeat from >>>
B-10-----------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------9---|
D--------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------|
Enjoy
-Bo Parker
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