Intro
[C]
Chorus 1
[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 2
She [C]asked me, "Son, when [F]I grow old,
Will [Am]you buy me a [G]house of gold?
And [C]when your father [F]turns to stone,
Will [C]you take [G]care of [C]me?"
Bridge 1
[F]I will [A7]make you
[Dm]Queen of [Bbm]everything you [F]see
I'll put you on the [C]map
I'll cure you of [F]disease [C]
Verse 1
Let's [C]say we up and [F]left this town
And [Am]turned our future [G]upside-down
We'll [C]make pretend that [F]you and me
Lived [C]ever [G]after, [C]happily
Chorus 3
She [C]asked me, "Son, when [F]I grow old,
Will [Am]you buy me a [G]house of gold?
And [C]when your father [F]turns to stone,
Will [C]you take [G]care of [C]me?"
Bridge 2
[F]I will [A7]make you
[Dm]Queen of [Bbm]everything you [F]see
I'll put you on the [C]map
I'll cure you of [F]disease [C]
Verse 2
And [C]since we know that [F]dreams are dead
And [Am]life turns plans up [G]on their head
[C]I will plan to [F]be a bum
So [C]I just [G]might [C]become someone
Chorus 4
She [C]asked me, "Son, when [F]I grow old,
Will [Am]you buy me a [G]house of gold?
And [C]when your father [F]turns to stone,
Will [C]you take [G]care of [C]me?"
Bridge 3
[F]I will [A7]make you
[Dm]Queen of [Bbm]everything you [F]see
I'll put you on the [C]map
I'll cure you of [F]disease