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

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

Bridge:
D      Gb7
I will make you
Bm       Gm            F
Queen of everything you see
                    C
I'll put you on the map
                 D            C
I'll cure you of disease

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

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

Bridge:
D      Gb7
I will make you
Bm       Gm            F
Queen of everything you see
                    C
I'll put you on the map
                 D            C
I'll cure you of disease

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

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

Bridge:
D      Gb7
I will make you
Bm       Gm            F
Queen of everything you see
                    C
I'll put you on the map
                 F
I'll cure you of disease