Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Mute all strings except the highest string (play on C). Play same pattern throughout first verse.

Chorus 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?"

Chorus 2

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?"

Bridge 1

I will make you

Queen of everything you see

I'll put you on the map

I'll cure you of disease

Verse 1

Let's say we up and left this town

And turned our future upside-down

We'll make pretend that you and me

Lived ever after, happily

Chorus 3

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?"

Bridge 2

I will make you

Queen of everything you see

I'll put you on the map

I'll cure you of disease

Verse 2

And since we know that dreams are dead

And life turns plans up on their head

I will plan to be a bum

So I just might become someone

Chorus 4

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?"

Bridge 3

I will make you

Queen of everything you see

I'll put you on the map

I'll cure you of disease