F# C# G# C#
F# C# G# C#

[Verse 1]
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When I get even more old than I am now
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I'll have a house overlooking the water
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I'll read all the books that I never got 'round to
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Pile all my suitcases up in the corner

[Chorus 1]
     G#            C#        G#           C#
The lights of the city they blink off and on again
C#           Fm         F#                  G#
Names in my memory are there, then they're gone again
G#          C#           F#           G#
Albums of photographs spread on the floor again
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I'll spend my evenings with Katherine of Oregon

C# Fm F# G# C#
C# Fm F# G# C#

[Verse 2]
      C#        Fm            F#           C#
I'll fill my garage up with things I've no use for
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Obsolete knick-knacks that there's no excuse for
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I'll turn my back on the world's grand illusions
C#         Fm            F#        G#
Take my delights in the simplest amusements

[Chorus 2]
     G#            C#        G#           C#
The lights of the city they blink off and on again
C#           Fm         F#                  G#
Names in my memory are there, then they're gone again
G#          C#           F#           G#
Albums of photographs spread on the floor again
C#            Fm             F#          C#
I'll spend my evenings with Katherine of Oregon

F# C# G# C#
F# C# G# C#

[Instrumental]

G#m F#m E A
F#m E C#m D#
G#m F#m E A
F#m E D#dim G#

[Verse 3]
C#            Fm                 F#         C#
I'll wear my clothes with their colors all clashing
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They'll be so old that they'll come back in fashion
      C#         Fm            F#            C#
I'll sit on the beach with my paper wrapped luncheon
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I'll enjoy being the ancient curmudgeon

[Chorus 3]
     G#            C#        G#           C#
The lights of the city they blink off and on again
C#           Fm         F#                  G#
Names in my memory are there then they're gone again
G#           C#          F#          G#
I'll have a jukebox and play Lonnie Donegan
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I'll spend my evenings with Katherine of Oregon

C# Fm G# C#
G# C# F# G# C#

[Outro]

C# Fm F# C#
C# Fm F# G# C#

[Additional coda to fade, key change]

C Em F C
C Em F G
C G C G