[Intro]
C
[Chorus 1]
C
She asked me, "Son, when I grow old,
C
Will you buy me a house of gold?
C
And when your father turns to stone,
C
Will you take care of me?"
[Chorus 2]
C F
She asked me, "Son, when I grow old,
Am G
Will you buy me a house of gold?
C F
And when your father turns to stone,
C G C
Will you take care of me?"
[Bridge 1]
F A7
I will make you
Dm Bbm F
Queen of everything you see
C
I'll put you on the map
F C
I'll cure you of disease
[Verse 1]
C F
Let's say we up and left this town
Am G
And turned our future upside-down
C F
We'll make pretend that you and me
C G C
Lived ever after, happily
[Chorus 3]
C F
She asked me, "Son, when I grow old,
Am G
Will you buy me a house of gold?
C F
And when your father turns to stone,
C G C
Will you take care of me?"
[Bridge 2]
F A7
I will make you
Dm Bbm F
Queen of everything you see
C
I'll put you on the map
F C
I'll cure you of disease
[Verse 2]
C F
And since we know that dreams are dead
Am G
And life turns plans up on their head
C F
I will plan to be a bum
C G C
So I just might become someone
[Chorus 4]
C F
She asked me, "Son, when I grow old,
Am G
Will you buy me a house of gold?
C F
And when your father turns to stone,
C G C
Will you take care of me?"
[Bridge 3]
F A7
I will make you
Dm Bbm F
Queen of everything you see
C
I'll put you on the map
F
I'll cure you of disease
