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

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

Bridge:
G      B7
I will make you
Em       Cm            F
Queen of everything you see
                    C
I'll put you on the map
                 G            C
I'll cure you of disease

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

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

Bridge:
G      B7
I will make you
Em       Cm            F
Queen of everything you see
                    C
I'll put you on the map
                 G            C
I'll cure you of disease

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

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

Bridge:
G      B7
I will make you
Em       Cm            F
Queen of everything you see
                    C
I'll put you on the map
                 F
I'll cure you of disease