She [C] asked me, "Son, when I grow old, Will you buy me a house of gold? And when your father turns to stone, Will you take care of me?"
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?"
[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]
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
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?"
[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]
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 be-[C]come someone
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?"
(single strums) [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/]