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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Peter Kruger casparus@yahoo.ca