Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]How old do you think I am?
He said, [Am]and I said, I [C]don't know.
[Am]He said I turn[D]ed 65
about [Am]11 months ag[C]o.[G]
[Em]I wa[D]s si[G]tting in Mia[D]mi[G]
[C]pouring blended whiskey down
[Am]when this old [C]gray[C#] black[C#dim] gentlem[G]an
[D]was cleaning up [G]the [D]lounge.[G][Em]
[D]No [G]one els[D]e was[G] in the place,
ex[C]cept this old man [Am]and me.
[D]The guy behind the bar
was watching [C]Ironsides [D]on [G]TV.[D]
[G]So uninvited, he sat down
and [C]he just opened up his mind
[Am]On o[C]ld dogs [C#dim]and chil[G]dren
an[D]d watermelon w[G]ine[D][G]
Ever had a drink of watermel[C]on wine,
he asked
[Am]And [D]he told me all about it,
[C]though [D]I never answered [G]back
[D]Ain't [G]but three things in this world,
he said [C]with a solitary [Am]dine,
and that's [C]old [C#dim]dogs and [G]children
an[D]d watermelon w[G]ine.[Em]
[D]Now, [G]women folks,
[D]the[G]y think of themselves
[C]when men folks ain't [Am]around.
And [D]it's hard to find a friend
when they [C]discover [D]that [G]you're down.
He said, I'd done it all when I was young
and [C]in my natural prime,
[Am]but now it's[C] old dogs [C#dim]and childr[G]en
an[D]d watermelon w[G]ine.
Old dogs, you know,
they still care about you,
[C]even though you [Am]made mistakes.
And [D]God bless the little children
while [C]they're still too [D]young to [G]hate.
As he moved away, I found my pen,
an[C]d I jotted down that line
[Am]about [C]old dog[C#]s and chi[C#dim]l dren[G]
[D]and watermelon [G]wine.[D][G]
[C][C#dim][G][D][G][Db][Eb]
I [Ab]had to catch a plane up to Atlanta
[Db]that next day.[Bbm]
[Eb]As I started for my room
I saw [Db]him picking [Eb]up my ch[Ab]ange,
but that night I dreamed in peaceful sleep
an[Db]d about shady summertime
[Bbm]and about ol[Db]d old dogs and chi[Ab]ldren
an[Eb]d watermelon win[Ab]e.
About [Db]old dogs a[Ab]nd children
[Eb]an d watermelon wi[Ab]ne.
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