Katherine Of Oregon

  An amusing little song from the 2005 albumn a Be ach Full of Shells  
 
  Capo on 1)  
 
 Intro C Em F C
 
 C          Em        F          C
 When I get even more old than I am now
 C           Em        F           G
 I'll have a house overlooking the water
 C                 Em           F         C
 I'll read all the books that I never got round to
 C               Em    F         G
 Pile all my suitcases up in the corner
 
  Chorus
                    C         F               C
 The Lights of the City they blink on and off again
              Em         F                  G
 Names and my memory are there then they're gone again
           C           F             G
 Albums of photographs spread on the floor again
               Em            F            C
 I'll spend my evenings with Katherine of Oregon   
 
  C Em F C (x2)
 
 
 C            Em             F              C
 I'll fill my garage up with things I've no use for
 C        Em               F          G
 Obsolete nick knacks that there ' s no excuse for
 C            Em          F                C
 I'll turn my back on the world's grand illusions
 C         Em         F            G
 Take my delights in the simplest amusements
 
  Chorus
                    C         F               C
 The Lights of the City they blink on and off again
              Em         F                  G
 Names and my memory are there then they're gone again
           C           F             G
 Albums of photographs spread on the floor again
               Em            F            C
 I'll spend my evenings with Katherine of Oregon   
   
 
 C EM F C (x2) then instrumental
 
 
 C             Em               F           C 
 I'll where my clothes with the colours all clashing
 C             Em               F              G
 They'll be so old that they'll come back into fashion
 C               Em            F             C
 I'll sit on the beach with my paper wrapped luncheon
 C          Em        F          G
 I'll enjoy being the ancient curmudgeon
 
  Chorus
                    C         F               C
 The Lights of the City they blink on and off again
              Em         F                  G
 Names and my memory are there then they're gone again
           C           F             G
 I'll have a juke box playing Lo nne  Don negan 
               Em            F            C
 I'll spend my evenings with Katherine of Oregon   
  
 
 C Em F C (x4)