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Watermelon Wine  Tom T. Hall



Intro: HOW OLD DO YOU THINK I AM HE SAID
I SAID WELL I DIDN'T KNOW
HE SAID I TURNED SIXTY FIVE ABOUT ELEVEN MONTHS AGO

1.      I [G]WAS SITTING IN MIAMI POURING B[C]LENDED WHISKEY D[Am]OWN
        WHEN THIS O[C]LD GREY BLACK GEN[G]TLEMAN WAS C[D]LEANING  UP THE [G]LOUNGE
        THE[G]RE WASN'T ANYONE AROUND BUT THI[C]S OLD MAN AND  M[Am]E
        THE G[D]UY WHO TENDED BAR WAS WATCHING IR[C]ONSIDES O[D]N  T[G]V
        UN[G]INVITED, HE SAT DOWN AND OP[C]ENED UP HIS M[Am]IND
        ON O[C]LD DOGS AND CH[G]ILDREN, AND WA[D]TERMELON W[G]INE.

2.      H[G]AVE YOU EVER HAD A DRINK OF WATER[C]MELLON WINE HE A[Am]SKED
        [Am]HE TOLD ME ALL [C]ABOUT IT THOUGH I D[D]IDN'T ANSWER  B[G]ACK
        [G]AIN'T BUT THREE THINGS IN LIFE THAT'S WORTH A [C]SOLITARY D[Am]IME
        THAT'S O[C]LD DOGS AND [G]CHILDREN, A[D]ND WATERMELON  W[G]INE.
3.      [G]HE SAID WOMEN THINK ABOUT THEMSELVES WHEN THEIR [C]MENFOLK AIN'T A[Am]ROUND
        [Am]AND FRIENDS ARE HARD [C]TO FIND WHEN THEY DIS[D]COVER THAT YOUR D[G]OWN
        [G]HE SAID I TRIED IT ALL WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND I[C]N MY  NATURAL P[Am]RIME
        [Am]NOW IT'S O[C]LD DOGS AND C[G]HILDREN A[D]ND WATERMELON  W[G]INE.
4.      [G]HE SAID OLD DOGS CARE ABOUT YOU EVEN W[C]HEN YOU MAKE MIS[Am]TAKES
        G[Am]OD BLESS LITTLE [C]CHILDREN WHILE THEY'RE S[D]TILL TOO YOUNG TO H[G]ATE
        [G]AS HE MOVED AWAY I GOT MY PEN AND [C]COPIED DOWN  THAT L[Am]INE
        [Am]ON O[C]LD DOGS AND C[G]HILDREN A[D] [ND WATERMELLON W[G]INE.
5.      [G]I HAD TO CATCH A PLANE UP TO [C]ATLANTA THE NEXT D[Am]AY
        [Am]AS I LEFT FOR MY [C]ROOM I SAW HIM P[D]ICKING UP MY C[G]HANGE
        [G]THAT NIGHT I DREAMED IN PEACEFULL SLEEP OF [C]SHADY SUMMER T[Am]IMES
        [Am]OF O[C]LD DOGS AND C[G]HILDREN A[D]ND WATERMELLON W[G]INE.

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stevepelton (report)

Intro:
"How old do you think I am ?" He said.
I said ' I don't know."
He said " I turned sixty five about eleven months ago."