The Days of Wine And Roses

Words & Music by Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini
Recorded by Andy Williams, 1963 (#26)


Part 1:

      C   C/B Gm     E7-5   A7sus4   A7    A7/9   A7
The days         of wine and ro  -  ses ...

          Dm       Dm+7       Fm7            Fdim
Laugh and run away     like a child at play,

          Em7    Em      Am     Am7      Dm
Through a meadow land toward a closing door,

 D7sus4   Dm7  D7/9     Dm     Bm7-5       E7
A door  marked "nev  -  er  -  more" 

      Am7    Cdim   Dm7   Fdim    G7
That wasn't there before.


Part 2:

     C   C/B  Gm6     E7-5      A7sus4  A7   A7/9   A7
The lone   -     ly   night dis - clo - ses 

         Dm           Dm+7            Fm7        Fdim
Just a passing breeze     filled with memories 

        Em7    Em        Am         Am7      F#m    Cdim
Of the golden smile that in - tro - duced me to

     Em      Em7     D7/9    G     G+  C    Fm    Fdim(III)    C
The days of wine and roses        and you.


(instrumental interlude:  part 1)


C   C/B  Gm6     E7-5      A7sus4  A7   A7/9   A7
The lone   -     ly   night dis - clo - ses 

         Dm           Dm+7            Fm7        Fdim
Just a passing breeze     filled with memories 

        Em7    Em        Am         Am7      F#m    Cdim
Of the golden smile that in - tro - duced me to

     Em      Em7     D7/9   G     G+  C    Fm    Fdim(III)   C     CM7
The days of wine and roses . . . and you.

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