Intro: G
Chorus 1:
G C
She asked me, “Son, when I grow old,
Em D
Will you buy me a house of gold?
G C
And when your father turns to stone,
G D G
Will you take care of me?”
Chorus 2:
G C
She asked me, “Son, when I grow old,
Em D
Will you buy me a house of gold?
G C
And when your father turns to stone,
G D G
Will you take care of me?”
Bridge 1:
C E7
I will make you
Am Fm C
Queen of everything you see
G
I’ll put you on the map
C G
I’ll cure you of disease
Verse 1:
G C
Let’s say we up and left this town
Em D
And turned our future upside-down
G C
We’ll make pretend that you and me
G D G
Lived ever after, happily
Chorus 3:
G C
She asked me, “Son, when I grow old,
Em D
Will you buy me a house of gold?
G C
And when your father turns to stone,
G D G
Will you take care of me?”
Bridge 2:
C E7
I will make you
Am Fm C
Queen of everything you see
G
I’ll put you on the map
C G
I’ll cure you of disease
Verse 2:
G C
And since we know that dreams are dead
Em D
And life turns plans up on their head
G C
I will plan to be a bum
G D G
So I just might become someone
Chorus 4:
G C
She asked me, “Son, when I grow old,
Em D
Will you buy me a house of gold?
G C
And when your father turns to stone,
G D G
Will you take care of me?”
Bridge 3:
C E7
I will make you
Am Fm C
Queen of everything you see
G
I’ll put you on the map
C
I’ll cure you of disease
