Gino Vannelli — Last Days Of Summer Chords
THE LAST DAYS OF SUMMER
small case letters indicate melody notes
c4—middle C
solo flute:
ab5 c6 ab5 eb ab
ab5 c6 ab5 eb ab
ab/Gbmaj7
solo oboe:
db5 f db ab4 bb
db5 f db ab4 db5
Dbmaj7/Bmaj7
orchestra:
ab4 c5 ab4 eb ab db f db ab3 bb
ab/Gbmaj7 Fm7 db/Bmaj7 Fm7 Gbmaj7
Ebm11 db/f ab Gb/ab ab
The trees are full and green
Ebm11 db/f ab
The garden sweet and lush
ab db Bbm7 Ebm7 db ab
The warmth of the sun be lies Sep tem ber
Gm7—5 F#7—5 Fm7 Bbm7 Ebm7 db ab
A truth to which I must surren der
ab/Gb Fm7 db/f
The hours are num bered
Bbm7 db/f Gbmaj7
These last days of sum mer
oboe:
c5 eb C bb4 c5 eb C bb4
ab/Gb Gb ab/G Gb
f5 ab f eb db db f db eb
Gbmaj7 ab Bbm7 F7/C
Ebm11 db/f ab Gb/ab
Her sundress, pink and white
Ebm11 db/f ab
An orchid in her hair
ab db/f Bbm7 Ebm7 db ab
As lovely a sight as ever to me
Gm7—5 C7 Fm7 Bbm7 Ebm7 db ab
Were I a stran ger would she woo me
ab/Gb Fm7 Gbmaj7
I can't help but won der
Bbm7 db/f Bb6/9
These last days of sum mer
F9 Bb/F
Thinking the un thinkable
F9 bb f+5/bb bb
Chased with lemon tea
ab ab/Gb db/f
Thoughts that never crossed my mind
Abdim G7 Cadd9
When I was twenty—three
Gdim Gb7 Badd9 Gb/B Badd9
Too busy being me
F9 Bb/F
A ship once hailed unsinkable
ab/Gb bb f+5/bb bb
Is floundering in the deep
C C/Bb F/A Am7
A boy who once prayed to his God
f3 Gb f Gb f bb ag
Ab7 db Gb/db db Gb/db db Gb/db ab/db
For his soul to keep
c4 db C
f G7—9 C Bbm/C C
Would settle for a good night's sleep
Fm C7—9 Fm/D C7—9
My father warned of the waning years
c4 db f e
db Db9 G7—5 ab db G7 C
What every man goes through
Fm/C Dbdim Fm/D Edim
I thought him weak and too fraught with fear
c4 db D e
Fm/eb Fm/D Db7—5 G7 ab db G7 C
To see his tragic point of view
F/A Bbm6
It's a sad clich