[Intro]
C
[Chorus]
C 
She asked me, "Son, when I grow old, 
C 
Will you buy me a house of gold? 
C 
And when your father turns to stone, 
C 
Will you take care of me?"
[Chorus]
    C                    F 
She asked me, "Son, when I grow old, 
     Am           G 
Will you buy me a house of gold? 
    C                F 
And when your father turns to stone, 
     C        G       C 
Will you take care of me?"
[Bridge]
F      A7 
I will make you 
Dm       Bbm            F 
Queen of everything you see 
                    C 
I'll put you on the map 
                 F            C 
I'll cure you of disease
[Verse]
      C             F 
Let's say we up and left this town 
     Am               G 
And turned our future upside-down 
      C                 F 
We'll make pretend that you and me 
      C     G     C 
Lived ever after, happily
[Chorus]
    C                    F 
She asked me, "Son, when I grow old, 
     Am           G 
Will you buy me a house of gold? 
    C                F 
And when your father turns to stone, 
     C        G       C 
Will you take care of me?"
[Verse]
F      A7 
I will make you 
Dm       Bbm            F 
Queen of everything you see 
                    C 
I'll put you on the map 
                 F            C 
I'll cure you of disease
[Verse]
    C                  F 
And since we know that dreams are dead 
    Am                  G 
And life turns plans up on their head 
C              F 
I will plan to be a bum 
   C      G       C 
So I just might become someone
[Chorus]
    C                    F 
She asked me, "Son, when I grow old, 
     Am           G 
Will you buy me a house of gold? 
    C                F 
And when your father turns to stone, 
     C        G       C 
Will you take care of me?"
[Bridge]
F      A7 
I will make you 
Dm       Bbm            F 
Queen of everything you see 
                    C 
I'll put you on the map 
                 F 
I'll cure you of disease