House of Gold

C
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?"
 
    C                    F
She asked me, "Son, when I grow old,
     Am           G
Will you buy me a house of gold
    C                F
And when your father turns to stone,
     C        G       C
Will you take care of me?"
 
F      A7
I will make you
Dm       Bbm            F
Queen of everything you see
                    C
I'll put you on the map
                 F       C
I'll cure you of disease

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

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

F      A7
I will make you
Dm       Bbm            F
Queen of everything you see
                    C
I'll put you on the map
                 F       C
I'll cure you of disease

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

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

F      A7
I will make you
Dm       Bbm            F
Queen of everything you see