{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1772221,"song":"The Last Of The Summer Wine Theme","artist":"Misc Television","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1772221-the-last-of-the-summer-wine-theme-chords-by-misc-television/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1772221?type=chord","rating":4.59499,"votes":11,"content":"Theme tune from the world's longest running comedy series. I have included three\r\nlyric versions (same chords). The first were written by Roy Clarke the original creator of \r\nthe series, the second version written by Bill Owen (Compo) and the third version written \r\nfor Compo's funeral after Bill Owen passed away in 1999.\r\n\r\nTabbed from a youtube video - capo on 3, key = D# \r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe colour of summer's gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf golden days when I was young[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOf girls who came but soon moved on[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch] \r\nIs in my summer wine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe perfumes of earth and vine[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch] \r\nOf meadows when the rain has gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch] \r\nOf women with their finery on[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIs in my summer wine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Dm7[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe memories I can see here in my cup[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Fm[/ch]               [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nOf sweet short days bitter days[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nNow all drunk up[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]  \r\nThe taste of the life that slips[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch] \r\nFrom day to day through fingers blind[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch] \r\nThe honey from the woman's lips[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIs in my summer wine [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nBill Owen's (Compo)lyrics\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe last of the summer wine[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe sweet bouquet of memories[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOf you and I as time goes by[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]             \r\nI still remember these[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe last of the summer wine[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen passing shadows still recur[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOf golden days so young in love[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                \r\nAnd that's the way we were[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Dm7[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe had our dreams to change the world as people will[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Fm[/ch]              [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nBut now we're known as the folk[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm7[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nWho live on the hill[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe last of the summer wine[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA vintage love a vintage brew[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd now my love this toast I give[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThank you for being you [/tab]\r\n\r\nCompo's funeral lyrics\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow all of his summer's gone [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThose urgent days when he was young [/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThose girls he loved but soon moved on[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo drink his summer wine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow perfumes of earth and vine [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf meadows when the rain has gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch] \r\nThese friends with their black armbands on[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch] \r\nSalute his summer wine [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Dm7[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe memories he left to me here in my cup[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Fm[/ch]               [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nOf sweet short days bitter days[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch] \r\nNow all drunk up[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe fullness of the life that slipped[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch] \r\nThe other day all mortal pain [/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFree now to roam fresh hills and lanes [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd taste eternal wine [/tab]","plain_text":"Theme tune from the world's longest running comedy series. I have included three\nlyric versions (same chords). The first were written by Roy Clarke the original creator of \nthe series, the second version written by Bill Owen (Compo) and the third version written \nfor Compo's funeral after Bill Owen passed away in 1999.\n\nTabbed from a youtube video - capo on 3, key = D# \n\n[Intro]\nC F G C\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBill Owen's (Compo)lyrics\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\nCompo's funeral lyrics\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]","chords":["D","C","F","G","Em","Dm7","G7","Fm","Eb","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}