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From: parker_b%aplvax.span@Fedex.Msfc.Nasa.Gov
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%aplvax.span@fedex.msfc.nasa.gov)

      >>>

      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%aplvax.span@fedex.msfc.nasa.gov

I do not speak for my employer, whoever that is.

``...the razor inside, sir...jerk the handle...''