(Mute all strings except the highest string. Play same pattern throughout first chorus.)


[Intro] 

 

[Chorus 1]

She asked me, 

"Son, when I g

row old,

Will you buy m

e a house of g

old?

And when your 

father turns t

o stone,

Will you take 

care of me?"


[Chorus 2]
             
She asked me, 

           
"Son, when I g

row old,
            
Will you buy m

    
e a house of g

old?
             
And when your 

       
father turns t

o stone,
             
Will you take 

       
care of me?"


[Bridge 1]
      
I will make yo

u
         
Queen of every

          
thing you see
              
I'll put you o

      
n the map
              
I'll cure you 

               
of disease


[Verse 1]
             
Let's say we u

      
p and left thi

s town
            
And turned our

        
 future upside

-down
             
We'll make pre

          
tend that you 

and me
            
Lived ever aft

    
er, happily


[Chorus 3]
             
She asked me, 

           
"Son, when I g

row old,
            
Will you buy m

    
e a house of g

old?
             
And when your 

       
father turns t

o stone,
             
Will you take 

       
care of me?"


[Bridge 2]
      
I will make yo

u
         
Queen of every

          
thing you see
              
I'll put you o

      
n the map
              
I'll cure you 

               
of disease


[Verse 2]
             
And since we k

         
now that dream

s are dead
            
And life turns

          
 plans up on t

heir head
             
I will plan to

 
 be a bum
            
So I just migh

    
t become someo

ne


[Chorus 4]
             
She asked me, 

           
"Son, when I g

row old,
            
Will you buy m

    
e a house of g

old?
             
And when your 

       
father turns t

o stone,
             
Will you take 

       
care of me?"


[Bridge 3]
      
I will make yo

u
         
Queen of every

          
thing you see
              
I'll put you o

      
n the map
              
I'll cure you 

   
of disease