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?

Repeat 1x

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

Verse 1

      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 2

    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

Verse 2

    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 3

    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