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
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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?
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............
