Straight No Chaser

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)

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Enjoy

-Bo Parker

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

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

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