THE LAST DAYS OF SUMMER

small case letters above chord symbols
indicate individual notes:
c4: middle C, and notes above in that octave...
c5: C above middle C
c3: C below middle C  etc.
numbers behind notes will only be indicated
when notes enter another octave or begin a new line



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 e

         F/C                 Bbm6/Db
But ever since he's passed a way



     Ab/C      Dbdim      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     b4   bb........ab      f    f         eb
       Bb/D        F7/C   B    Bb  Bb-5  Ab/Bb   Bb9  Dm7-5/Ab  B/F#
Dad I think I understand, finally


strings:

   c#4     c#     c#      c      bb....
    A7    Dbm/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/Db  F7/C   F7
As the days  begin to lose the li-    ight

Bbm    Bb11  Adim  F7/A  Db/Ab
Winter looms on    my ho rizon

Gb6    Db/F      Ebm7   Dbmaj7
Look at me in my summer wear

           clar: a4    ab  gb  f.....
Gb6        Gdim  F7
Completely un        pre pared

   Ebm11          Ab
We wrestle in the grass

     Ebm11    Db       Ab
He's grown so tall so quick

  Ab          Db/F Bbm7    Ebm7 Db     Ab
I struggle to get      the bet  ter of him

Gm7-5 F#7-5   Fm7  Bbm7     Ebm7 Db      Ab
Just  how     much        I tru  ly love him

Ab/Gb          Fm7
This I've dis  covered

      Bbm7         Db/F Gbmaj7
These last days of sum  mer

orchestra:

   eb4   f    gb    ab    db     gb    f   f   eb
   Ab        Ab7/Gb Db/F  Bbm7   Ebm7  Db      Ab

Gm7-5   F#9-5  Fm7  Bbm7   Ebm7 Db      Ab
Just    how    much      I tru  ly love them



  ab4   c5   ab4   eb  f
Ab/Gbmaj7              Gbmaj7

      Db/F             Gbmaj7
These last days of sum mer

flute:
f5   f  c       f  f    c      d   eb  f  gb   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  gb   f   eb   f5   f  c         bb4........
Bb         Ebm6/Bb       Fm/Bb   Ebm6/Bb   Bb............


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Peter Kruger casparus@yahoo.ca