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

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

Bridge:
E      Ab7
I will make you
Dbm       Am            F
Queen of everything you see
                    C
I'll put you on the map
                 E            C
I'll cure you of disease

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

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

Bridge:
E      Ab7
I will make you
Dbm       Am            F
Queen of everything you see
                    C
I'll put you on the map
                 E            C
I'll cure you of disease

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

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

Bridge:
E      Ab7
I will make you
Dbm       Am            F
Queen of everything you see
                    C
I'll put you on the map
                 F
I'll cure you of disease