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THE LAST DAYS OF SUMMER
small case letters indicate melody notes
Csus4-middle C
solo flute:
Ab5 C6 Ab5 Eb Ab
Ab5 C6 Ab5 Eb Ab
Ab/F#maj7
solo oboe:
C#5 F C# ab4 Bb
C#5 F C# ab4 C#5
C#maj7/Bmaj7
orchestra:
ab4 C5 ab4 Eb Ab C# F C# Ab3 Bb
Ab/F#maj7 Fm7 C#/Bmaj7 Fm7 F#maj7
Ebm11 C#/F Ab F#/Ab Ab
The trees are full and green
Ebm11 C#/F Ab
The garden sweet and lush
Ab C# Bbm7 Ebm7 C# Ab
The warmth of the sun be lies Sep tem ber
Gm7-5 F#7-5 Fm7 Bbm7 Ebm7 C# Ab
A truth to which I must surren der
Ab/F# Fm7 C#/F
The hours are num bered
Bbm7 C#/F F#maj7
These last days of sum mer
oboe:
C5 Eb C bb4 C5 Eb C bb4
Ab/F# F# Ab/G F#
F5 Ab F Eb C# C# F C# Eb
F#maj7 Ab Bbm7 F7/C
Ebm11 C#/F Ab F#/Ab
Her sundress, pink and white
Ebm11 C#/F Ab
An orchid in her hair
Ab C#/F Bbm7 Ebm7 C# Ab
As lovely a sight as ever to me
Gm7-5 C7 Fm7 Bbm7 Ebm7 C# Ab
Were I a stran ger would she woo me
Ab/F# Fm7 F#maj7
I can’t help but won der
Bbm7 C#/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/F# C#/F
Thoughts that never crossed my mind
Abdim G7 Cadd9
When I was twenty-three
Gdim F#7 Badd9 F#/B Badd9
Too busy being me
F9 Bb/F
A ship once hailed unsinkable
Ab/F# 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 F# F F# F Bb ag
Ab7 C# F#/C# C# F#/C# C# F#/C# Ab/C#
For his soul to keep
Csus4 C# 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
Csus4 C# F E
C# C#9 G7-5 Ab C# G7 C
What every man goes through
Fm/C C#dim Fm/D Edim
I thought him weak and too fraught with fear
Csus4 C# D E
Fm/Eb Fm/D C#7-5 G7 Ab C# G7 C
To see his tragic point of view
F/A Bbm6
It’s a sad cliché
F Bbm6/C#
But ever since he’s passed away
Ab/C C#dim Fm/Ab C/Ab
He’s ever more present to me
Gadd9/D B7/D
Looking past my prime
Gadd9/D B7/D
Waging war on Father Time
oboe
D5 C Bsus4 Bb........
Bb/D F7/C B Bb Bb-5
Dad I think I understand, finally
Ab F F Eb
Ab/Bb Bb9 Dm7-5/Ab B
strings:
c#4 C# C# C Bb....
A7 C#m/Ab Gm7-5 F7 Bb....
Bbm Cdim F7/C Bbm
Strange that my eyes should gain more sight
Bb7-9 Ebm Eb7-9 F7/Eb F7/C# F7/C F7
As the days begin to lose the li- ight
Bbm Bb11 Adim F7/A C#/Ab
Winter looms on my ho rizon
F#6 C#/F Ebm7 C#maj7
Look at me in my summer wear
clar: Asus4 Ab F# F.....
F#6 Gdim F7
Completely un pre pared
Ebm11 Ab
We wrestle in the grass
Ebm11 C# Ab
He’s grown so tall so quick
Ab C#/F Bbm7 Ebm7 C# Ab
I struggle to get the bet ter of him
Gm7-5 F#7-5 Fm7 Bbm7 Ebm7 C# Ab
Just how much I tru ly love him
Ab/F# Fm7
This I’ve dis covered
Bbm7 C#/F F#maj7
These last days of sum mer
orchestra:
eb4 F F# Ab C# F# F F Eb
Ab Ab7/F# C#/F Bbm7 Ebm7 C# Ab
Gm7-5 F#9-5 Fm7 Bbm7 Ebm7 C# Ab
Just how much I tru ly love them
ab4 C5 ab4 Eb F
Ab/F#maj7 F#maj7
C#/F F#maj7
…These last days of sum mer
flute:
F5 F C F F C D Eb F F# F Eb
Fm/Bb Ebm6/Bb Fm/Bb Ebm6/Bb Bb Ebm6/Bb
F5 F C F F C F F C
Fm/Bb Ebm6/Bb Fm/Bb Ebm6/Bb Fm/Bb Ebm6/Bb
D5 Eb F F# F Eb F5 F C bb4........
Bb Ebm6/Bb Fm/Bb Ebm6/Bb Bb............
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