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