Straight No Chaser

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

E--------7--8--9-----------7--8--9--10-8---------------| 
B-----10----------------10-----------------------------| 
G--9-----------------9-----------------------------9---| 
D------------------------------------------------------| 
A------------------------------------------------------| 
E------------------------------------------------------| 


  A7

E----7--8--9-----------7--8--9-----------7--8------| 
B-10----------------10----------------10-----------| 
G----------------9-----------------9---------------| 
D--------------------------------------------------| 
A--------------------------------------------------| 
E--------------------------------------------------| 


  D7

E----------7--8--9--10-8---------------------------| 
B-------10-----------------------------------------| 
G----9---------------------------------------------| 
D--------------------------------------------------| 
A--------------------------------------------------| 
E--------------------------------------------------| 


  A7                      C#m7        F#7

E----------7--8--9-----------7--8--9-----------7---| 
B-------10----------------10----------------10-----| 
G----9-----------------9-----------------9---------| 
D--------------------------------------------------| 
A--------------------------------------------------| 
E--------------------------------------------------| 


  Bm7                     E7

E-8--9--10-------------------------7--8--9--10-----| 
B-------------------8--9-----10-11-----------------| 
G----------9--10-11----------------------------9---| 
D--------------------------------------------------| 
A--------------------------------------------------| 
E--------------------------------------------------| 


  A7                      Bm7         E7

E----7--8--9---------------------------------------|  repeat from >>> 
B-10-----------------------------------------------|                  
G----------------------------------------------9---|                  
D--------------------------------------------------|                  
A--------------------------------------------------|                  
E--------------------------------------------------|                  

Enjoy

-Bo Parker
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