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

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

Bridge:
Gb      Bb7
I will make you
Ebm       Bm            F
Queen of everything you see
                    C
I'll put you on the map
                 Gb            C
I'll cure you of disease

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

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

Bridge:
Gb      Bb7
I will make you
Ebm       Bm            F
Queen of everything you see
                    C
I'll put you on the map
                 Gb            C
I'll cure you of disease

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

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

Bridge:
Gb      Bb7
I will make you
Ebm       Bm            F
Queen of everything you see
                    C
I'll put you on the map
                 F
I'll cure you of disease