Days of Wine And Roses – Tony Bennett
(Words & Music by Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini)
(Adapted for the novice guitarist)
Intro:
[Em] [Em7] [D7] [G] [G7] [C] [Fm] [C]
[Gm] [E7] [A7] [Am7] [A7]
The days, of wine and ro – ses,
[Dm] [Dm7] [Fm7]
Laugh and run away, like a child, at play,
[Em7] [Em] [Am] [Am7] [Dm]
Through the meadow land toward a closing door,
[D7] [Dm7] [D7] [Dm] [Bm7] [E7] [Am7] [Dm7] [G7]
A door marked nev - er - more, that wasn't there before.
[C] [Gm] [E7] [A7] [Am7] [A7]
The lone - ly night, dis - clo – ses,
[Dm] [Dm7] [Fm7]
Just a passing breeze, filled with memories,
[Em7] [Em] [Am] [Am7] [F#m]
Of the golden smile that in - tro - duced me to,
[Em] [Em7] [D7] [Dm7] [G7] [C] [Fm] [C]
The days of wine and roses and you.
(Instrumental : Verse 1 - last line - humming the tune)
[Dm] [D7] [Dm7] [D7] [Dm] [Bm7] [E7] [Am7] [Dm7] [G7]
[C] [Gm] [E7] [A7] [Am7] [A7]
The lone - ly night dis - clo – ses,
[Dm] [Dm7] [Fm7]
Just a passing breeze filled with memories,
[Em7] [Em] [Am] [Am7] [F#m]
Of the golden smile that in - tro - duced me to,
[Em] [Em7] [D7] [Dm7] [G7] [C] [Fm] [C] [CM7] [C]
The days of wine and roses, and you.
