Round Midnight

by Cootie Williams & Thelonious Monk · posted by harmusman

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

   3  4   -4  6   5      3
//:It be-gins to tell ‘round/

 4    4~~~~~   4    6   -5~~~~~
Mid-night---‘round mid-night-/-

4 5   6   -7  -6    5  -5 -5  -5   5
I do pret-ty well ‘til/af-ter sun-down/

-5  -6   7    8   -8  -6  6   4  -4
Sup-per time I’m feel-in/sad but it/

 5   -4  5   -4~~~  4   -3    3~~~
Real-ly gets bad—‘round/mid-night-/

 3   4   -4  6     5      3
Mem-ries al-ways start ‘round/

 4    4~~~~~   4    6   -5~~~
Mid-night---‘round mid-night-/

~ 4    5   6  -7   -6   5
-have-n’t got the heart to/

 -5    -5    -5  5
Stand those mem-ries/

 -5  -6   7   8   -8    -6   6   4  -4
When my heart is still with/you and old/

 5   -4     4~~~ 4   4~~~~  4   -4
Mid-night knows- it too-/-when some/

 5   -4  5  -4~~~~  4   -3   3     4   -4
Quar-rel we had---needs/men-ding--does it/

 5    -4   5   -4~~~~ 4  -3  6~~~
Mean that our love---is/end-ing--/

-6   -6 -6  6    6   5   5  5  -4~~    6
Dar-ling I need you/late-ly I find- you’re/

 7  7  7   -7  -7  -7  -6  -7 -6  6
Out of my arms and I’m/out of my mind/

 3   4   -4   6    5    3
Let our love take wing some/

 4    4~~~~~   4    6   -5~~~
Mid-night---‘round mid-night-/

~ 4   5  6   -7   -6   5   -5  -5  -5   5
-let the an-gels sing for/your re-turn-ing/

-5  -6   7   8   -8  -6    6    4   -4
Let our love be safe and/sound when old/

 5   -4     4~~ 4   4~~~~~~~
Mid-night comes a-round-/--- /://

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