Refrão 1:
She 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?"
Refrão 2:
CF
She asked me, "Son, when I grow old,
AmG
Will you buy me a house of gold?
CF
And when your father turns to stone,
CGC
Will you take care of me?"
Ponte 1:
FA7
I will make you
DmBbmF
Queen of everything you see
C
I'll put you on the map
FC
I'll cure you of disease
Verso 1:
CF
Let's say we up and left this town
AmG
And turned our future upside-down
CF
We'll make pretend that you and me
CGC
Lived ever after, happily
Refrão 3:
CF
She asked me, "Son, when I grow old,
AmG
Will you buy me a house of gold?
CF
And when your father turns to stone,
CGC
Will you take care of me?"
Ponte 2:
FA7
I will make you
DmBbmF
Queen of everything you see
C
I'll put you on the map
FC
I'll cure you of disease
Verso 2:
CF
And since we know that dreams are dead
AmG
And life turns plans up on their head
CF
I will plan to be a bum
CGC
So I just might become someone
Refrão 4:
CF
She asked me, "Son, when I grow old,
AmG
Will you buy me a house of gold?
CF
And when your father turns to stone,
CGC
Will you take care of me?"
Ponte 3:
FA7
I will make you
DmBbmF
Queen of everything you see
C
I'll put you on the map
F
I'll cure you of disease
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.