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:
    C5                    F5
She asked me, "Son, when I grow old,
     A5           G5
Will you buy me a house of gold?
    C5                F5
And when your father turns to stone,
     C5        G5       C5
Will you take care of me?"


Bridge 1:
F5      A5
I will make you
D5       Bb5            F5
Queen of everything you see
                    C5
I'll put you on the map
                 F5            C5
I'll cure you of disease


Verse 1:
      C5             F5
Let's say we up and left this town
     A5               G5
And turned our future upside-down
      C5                 F5
We'll make pretend that you and me
      C5     G5     C5
Lived ever after, happily


Chorus 3:
    C5                    F5
She asked me, "Son, when I grow old,
     A5           G5
Will you buy me a house of gold?
    C5                F5
And when your father turns to stone,
     C5        G5       C5
Will you take care of me?"



Bridge 2:
F5      A5
I will make you
D5       Bb5            F5
Queen of everything you see
                    C5
I'll put you on the map
                 F5            C5
I'll cure you of disease


Verse 2:
    C5                  F5
And since we know that dreams are dead
    A5                  G5
And life turns plans up on their head
C5              F5
I will plan to be a bum
   C5      G5       C5
So I just might become someone


Chorus 4:
    C5                    F5
She asked me, "Son, when I grow old,
     A5           G5
Will you buy me a house of gold?
    C5                F5
And when your father turns to stone,
     C5        G5       C5
Will you take care of me?"


Bridge 3:
F5      A5
I will make you
D5       Bb5            F5
Queen of everything you see
                    C5
I'll put you on the map
                 F5
I'll cure you of disease