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[Intro]C[Chorus]CShe asked me, "Son, when I grow old,CWill you buy me a house of gold?CAnd when your father turns to stone,CWill you take care of me?"[Chorus]C FShe asked me, "Son, when I grow old,Am GWill you buy me a house of gold?C FAnd when your father turns to stone,C G CWill you take care of me?"[Bridge]F A7I will make youDm Bbm FQueen of everything you seeCI'll put you on the mapF CI'll cure you of disease[Verse]C FLet's say we up and left this townAm GAnd turned our future upside-downC FWe'll make pretend that you and meC G CLived ever after, happily[Chorus]C FShe asked me, "Son, when I grow old,Am GWill you buy me a house of gold?C FAnd when your father turns to stone,C G CWill you take care of me?"[Verse]F A7I will make youDm Bbm FQueen of everything you seeCI'll put you on the mapF CI'll cure you of disease[Verse]C FAnd since we know that dreams are deadAm GAnd life turns plans up on their headC FI will plan to be a bumC G CSo I just might become someone[Chorus]C FShe asked me, "Son, when I grow old,Am GWill you buy me a house of gold?C FAnd when your father turns to stone,C G CWill you take care of me?"[Bridge]F A7I will make youDm Bbm FQueen of everything you seeCI'll put you on the mapFI'll cure you of disease