Gino Vannelli – Last Days Of Summer (Ukulele)

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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 cliché

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

     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........
      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/F# 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............ transcription and chart Peter Kruger [email protected]