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
