Capo 5th Fret

Intro: G 

Chorus 1:
    G                    C
She asked me, "Son, when I grow old,
     Em           D
Will you buy me a house of gold?
    G                C
And when your father turns to stone,
     G        D       G
Will you take care of me?"

Chorus 2:
    G                    C
She asked me, "Son, when I grow old,
     Em           D
Will you buy me a house of gold?
    G                C
And when your father turns to stone,
     G        D       G
Will you take care of me?"

Bridge 1:
C      E7
I will make you
Am       Fm            C
Queen of everything you see
                    G
I'll put you on the map
                 C     G
I'll cure you of disease

Verse 1:
      G             C
Let's say we up and left this town
     Em               D
And turned our future upside-down
      G                 C
We'll make pretend that you and me
      G     D     G
Lived ever after, happily

Chorus 3:
    G                    C
She asked me, "Son, when I grow old,
     Em           D
Will you buy me a house of gold?
    G                C
And when your father turns to stone,
     G        D       G
Will you take care of me?"

Bridge 2:
C      E7
I will make you
Am       Fm            C
Queen of everything you see
                    G
I'll put you on the map
                 C     G
I'll cure you of disease

Verse 2:
    G                  C
And since we know that dreams are dead
    Em                  D
And life turns plans up on their head
G              C
I will plan to be a bum
   G      D       G
So I just might become someone

Chorus 4:
    G                    C
She asked me, "Son, when I grow old,
     Em           D
Will you buy me a house of gold?
    G                C
And when your father turns to stone,
     G        D       G
Will you take care of me?"

Bridge 3:
C      E7
I will make you
Am       Fm            C
Queen of everything you see
                    G
I'll put you on the map
                 C
I'll cure you of disease

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