(1. Sloka zní pouze nota C (8. pražec struna e) zbytek tlumit)

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

    C                    F
She asked me, "Son, when I grow old,
     Ami          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
Dmi      Bmi        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
    Ami               G		
And turned our future upside-down
      C                 F	
We'll make pretend that you and me
      C    G      C		
Lived ever after, happily
				
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?"
			
I will make you		
Queen of everything you see		
I'll put you on the map		
I'll cure you of disease		
		
And since we know that dreams are dead		
And life turns plans up on their head		
I will plan to be a bum		
So I just might become someone		
		
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?"		
		
I will make you		
Queen of everything you see		
I'll put you on the map		
I'll cure you of disease