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

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

Bridge:
A      Db7
I will make you
Gbm       Dm            F
Queen of everything you see
                    C
I'll put you on the map
                 A            C
I'll cure you of disease

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

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

Bridge:
A      Db7
I will make you
Gbm       Dm            F
Queen of everything you see
                    C
I'll put you on the map
                 A            C
I'll cure you of disease

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

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

Bridge:
A      Db7
I will make you
Gbm       Dm            F
Queen of everything you see
                    C
I'll put you on the map
                 F
I'll cure you of disease