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

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

Bridge:
Db      F7
I will make you
Bbm       Gbm            F
Queen of everything you see
                    C
I'll put you on the map
                 Db            C
I'll cure you of disease

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

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

Bridge:
Db      F7
I will make you
Bbm       Gbm            F
Queen of everything you see
                    C
I'll put you on the map
                 Db            C
I'll cure you of disease

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

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

Bridge:
Db      F7
I will make you
Bbm       Gbm            F
Queen of everything you see
                    C
I'll put you on the map
                 F
I'll cure you of disease