Chorus:
    G                    F
She asked me, "Son, when I grow old,
     Em           G
Will you buy me a house of gold?
    G                C
And when your father turns to stone,
     G        D       C
Will you take care of me?"

Chorus:
    G                    F
She asked me, "Son, when I grow old,
     Em           G
Will you buy me a house of gold?
    G                C
And when your father turns to stone,
     G        D       C
Will you take care of me?"

Bridge:
C      E7
I will make you
Am       Fm            F
Queen of everything you see
                    C
I'll put you on the map
                 C            C
I'll cure you of disease

Verse:
      G             F
Let's say we up and left this town
     Em               D
And turned our future upside-down
      G                 F
We'll make pretend that you and me
      G     D     C
Lived ever after, happily

Chorus:
    G                    F
She asked me, "Son, when I grow old,
     Em           G
Will you buy me a house of gold?
    G                C
And when your father turns to stone,
     G        D       C
Will you take care of me?"

Bridge:
C      E7
I will make you
Am       Fm            F
Queen of everything you see
                    C
I'll put you on the map
                 C            C
I'll cure you of disease

Verse:
    G                  C
And since we know that dreams are dead
    Em                  D
And life turns plans up on their head
G              F
I will plan to be a bum
   G      D       C
So I just might become someone

Chorus:
    G                    F
She asked me, "Son, when I grow old,
     Em           G
Will you buy me a house of gold?
    G                C
And when your father turns to stone,
     G        D       C
Will you take care of me?"

Bridge:
C      E7
I will make you
Am       Fm            F
Queen of everything you see
                    C
I'll put you on the map
                 F
I'll cure you of disease