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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.