#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: parker_b%[email protected] 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%[email protected]) >>> 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 parker_b%[email protected] I do not speak for my employer, whoever that is. ``...the razor inside, sir...jerk the handle...''