Last Days Of Summer
Gino VannelliVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
-middle
ab4
ab4
orchestra:
ab4 ab4
The trees are full and green
The garden sweet and lush
The warmth of the sun be lies Sep tem ber
-5
A truth to which I must surren der
The hours are num bered
These last days of sum mer
oboe:
bb4 bb4
Her sundress, pink and white
An orchid in her hair
As lovely a sight as ever to me
-5
Were I a stran ger would she woo me
I cant help but won der
/
These last days of sum mer
Thinking the un thinkable
+5/
Chased with lemon tea
Thoughts that never crossed my mind
When I was twenty-three
Too busy being me
A ship once hailed unsinkable
/ +5/
Is floundering in the deep
A boy who once prayed to his God
ag
For his soul to keep
/
Would settle for a good nights sleep
/ -9
My father warned of the waning years
What every man goes through
I thought him weak and too fraught with fear
/ /
To see his tragic point of view
Its a sad cliché
But ever since hes passed away
Hes ever more present to me
Looking past my prime
Waging war on Father Time
oboe
/
Dad I think I understand, finally
/ -5/
strings:
c4 [C#] [C#] [C] [Bb]....
/ -5 ....
Strange that my eyes should gain more sight
/ / /
As the days begin to lose the li- ight
Winter looms on my ho rizon
Look at me in my summer wear
clar: .....
Completely un pre pared
We wrestle in the grass
Hes grown so tall so quick
I struggle to get the bet ter of him
-5
Just how much I tru ly love him
This Ive dis covered
These last days of sum mer
orchestra:
eb4
-5
Just how much I tru ly love them
ab4 ab4
These last days of sum mer
flute:
bb4........
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Readable chord sheet for Last Days Of Summer by Gino Vannelli
[Csus4]-middle [C]
[Ab5] [C6] [Ab5] [Eb] [Ab]
[Ab5] [C6] [Ab5] [Eb] [Ab]
[Ab] [F#maj7]
[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]
The [Ebm11]trees are [C#]ful[F]l and gre[Ab]en [F#] [Ab] [Ab]
The [Ebm11]garden s[C#]wee[F]t and [Ab]lush
The [Ab]warmth of the [C#]sun [Bbm7] be [Ebm7]lies [C#]Sep tem [Ab]ber
[Gm7]-5 [F#7-5] [Fm7] [Bbm7] [Ebm7] [C#] [Ab]
A truth to which I must surren der
The [Ab]hou[F#]rs are [Fm7]num [C#]ber[F]ed
These [Bbm7]last days of [C#]sum[F] [F#maj7]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]
Her [Ebm11]sundress, [C#] [F] pink and w[Ab]hite [F#] [Ab]
An [Ebm11]orchid [C#] [F] in her [Ab]hair
As l[Ab]ovely a [C#]sig[F]ht [Bbm7] as [Ebm7]ever [C#]to [Ab]me
[Gm7]-5 [C7] [Fm7] [Bbm7] [Ebm7] [C#] [Ab]
Were I a stran ger would she woo me
I [Ab]can[F#]t help but [Fm7]won [F#maj7]der
[Bbm7] [C#]/[F] [Bb6/9]
These last days of sum mer
[F9]Thinking the un [Bb/F]thinkable
[F9] [Bb] [F]+5/[Bb] [Bb]
Chased with lemon tea
[Ab]Thoughts that [Ab]nev[F#]er [C#]cro[F]ssed my mind
When [Abdim]I was [G7]twenty-[Cadd9]three
Too [Gdim]busy b[F#7]eing [Badd9]me [F#] [B] [Badd9]
A [F9]ship once hailed un[Bb/F]sinkable
[Ab]/[F#] [Bb] [F]+5/[Bb] [Bb]
Is floundering in the deep
A [C]boy who [C/Bb]once prayed to his [F/A]God [Am7]
[F3] [F#] [F] [F#] [F] [Bb] ag
[Ab7]For his soul to [C#]keep [F#] [C#] [C#] [F#] [C#] [C#] [F#] [C#] [Ab] [C#]
[Csus4] [C#] [C]
[F] [G7-9] [C] [Bbm]/[C] [C]
Would settle for a good nights 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
I [Fm]tho[C]ught him [C#dim]weak and too [Fm]fra[D]ught with [Edim]fear
[Csus4] [C#] [D] [E]
[Fm]/[Eb] [Fm]/[D] [C#7-5] [G7] [Ab] [C#] [G7] [C]
To see his tragic point of view
Its a [F/A]sad clic[Bbm6]hé
But ever [F]since hes passe[Bbm6]d awa[C#]y
Hes [Ab]eve[C]r more [C#dim]present to [Fm/Ab]me [C/Ab]
Looking [Gadd9]past m[D]y pr[B7]ime[D]
Waging [Gadd9]war on[D] Father T[B7]ime[D]
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
[A7] [C#m]/[Ab] [Gm7]-5 [F7] [Bb]....
[Bbm]Strange that my [Cdim]eyes should [F7]gai[C]n more si[Bbm]ght
[Bb7-9] [Ebm] [Eb7-9] [F7]/[Eb] [F7]/[C#] [F7]/[C] [F7]
As the days begin to lose the li- ight
[Bbm]Winter [Bb11]looms [Adim]on [F7]my [A]ho [C#]riz[Ab]on
[F#6]Look at[C#] me[F] in my [Ebm7]summer [C#maj7]wear
clar: [Asus4] [Ab] [F#] [F].....
[F#6]Completely [Gdim]un [F7] pre pared
We [Ebm11]wrestle in the [Ab]grass
Hes [Ebm11]grown so [C#]tall so q[Ab]uick
I [Ab]struggle to [C#]get[F] [Bbm7] the [Ebm7]bet [C#]ter of [Ab]him
[Gm7]-5 [F#7-5] [Fm7] [Bbm7] [Ebm7] [C#] [Ab]
Just how much I tru ly love him
[Ab]Thi[F#]s Ive dis [Fm7]covered
These [Bbm7]last days of [C#]sum[F] [F#maj7]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]