xKatherine of Oregon Al Stewart 1. [G] When I get even [D] more old [C] than I am now [G] [G] I'll have a house [D] overlooking [C] the water [D] [D] I'll read all the books [G] that I never [C] got 'round [G] to [G] And pile my [D] suitcases [C] up in the [ D]corner cho. [D] The lights of the [G] city they [D] blink off and on [G] again [G] Names in my [D] memory are [C] there, then they're [D] gone again [D] Albums of [G] photographs [C] spread on the [D] floor again [G] I'll spend my [D] evenings with [C] Katherine of [G] Oregon 2. [G] I'll fill my [D] garage up with [C] things I've no [G] use for [G] Obsolete [ D] knick-knacks that [C] there's no [D] excuse for [D] I'll turn my [G] back on the [C] world's grand [D] illusions [G] Take my [D] delights in the [C] simplest [D] amusements cho. [D] The lights of the [G] city they [D] blink off and on [G] again [G] Names in my [D] memory are [C] there, then they're [D] gone again [D] Albums of [G] photographs [C] spread on the [D] floor again [G] I'll spend my [D] evenings with [C] Katherine of [G] Oregon 3. [G] I'll wear my [D] clothes with their [C] colors all [G] clashing [G] They'll be so [D] old that they'll [C] come back in [D] fashion [D] I'll sit on the [G] beach with my [C] paper wrapped [D] luncheon [G] I'll enjoy [D] being the [C] ancient [D] curmudgeon cho. [D] The lights of the [G] city they [D] blink off and on [G] again [G] Names in my [D] memory are [C] there, then they're [D] gone again [D] Albums of [G] photographs [C] spread on the [D] floor again [G] I'll spend my [D] evenings with [C] Katherine of [G] Oregon