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57.4Version 1 — Two-beat cabaret / early swing
This should be your simplest playable version.
LH:
beat 1: root.
beat 3: root/fifth or alternate bass.
RH:
melody
plus very light chord punctuation.
Think:
ONE two THREE four.
Do not walk yet.