{"id":11204,"date":"2022-06-24T02:48:34","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T02:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=11204"},"modified":"2025-08-25T23:17:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T23:17:41","slug":"watermelon-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/watermelon-wine\/","title":{"rendered":"Watermelon Wine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine\r\n<\/span>By Tom T. Hall\r\n<\/span> \r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\n<\/span>G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>How old do you think I am he said\r\n<\/span><\/span>C<\/span>\r\n<\/span>I said well I didn\u2019t know\r\n<\/span><\/span>D7<\/span>                         C<\/span>         G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>He said I turned 65  about 11 months ago\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n                               C<\/span>              Am<\/span>\r\n<\/span>I was sitting in Miami pouring blended whisky down\r\n<\/span><\/span>          C<\/span>        G<\/span>               Am<\/span>           D7<\/span>     G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>When this old grey black gentleman was cleaning up the lounge\r\n<\/span><\/span>                 G7<\/span>                  C<\/span>           Am<\/span>\r\n<\/span>There wasn't any one around but this old man and me\r\n<\/span><\/span>D7<\/span>                                  C<\/span>        D7<\/span>  G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>The guy who tended bar was watching Ironsides on TV\r\n<\/span><\/span>          G7<\/span>              C<\/span>             Am<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Uninvited he sat down and opened up his mind\r\n<\/span><\/span>   C<\/span>            G<\/span>         Am<\/span>  D7<\/span>         G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>On old dogs and children  and watermelon wine\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n                    G7<\/span>                  C<\/span>       Am<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Have you ever had a drink of watermelon wine he asked\r\n<\/span><\/span>D7<\/span>                               C<\/span>      D7<\/span>     G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>He told me all about it though I didn't answer back\r\n<\/span><\/span>          G7<\/span>                   C<\/span>                       Am<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Ain't but three things in life that's worth a solitary dime\r\n<\/span><\/span>       C<\/span>            G<\/span>         Am<\/span>  D7<\/span>         G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>That's old dogs and children  and watermelon wine\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n                    G7<\/span>                    C<\/span>                     Am<\/span>\r\n<\/span>He said women think about themselves when their men-folk aren't around\r\n<\/span><\/span>D7<\/span>                                     C<\/span>             D7<\/span>     G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>And friends are hard to find when they discover that you're down\r\n<\/span><\/span>          G7<\/span>                      C<\/span>                       Am<\/span>\r\n<\/span>He said I tried it all when I was young and in my natural prime\r\n<\/span><\/span>         C<\/span>            G<\/span>         Am<\/span>  D7<\/span>         G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Now it's old dogs and children  and watermelon wine\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n                      G7<\/span>             C<\/span>             Am<\/span>\r\n<\/span>He said old dogs care about you even when you make mistakes\r\n<\/span><\/span>D7<\/span>                              C<\/span>                 D7<\/span>       G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>God bless little children while they're still too young to hate\r\n<\/span><\/span>            G7<\/span>                    C<\/span>                Am<\/span>\r\n<\/span>As he moved away I got my pen and copied down that line\r\n<\/span><\/span>       C<\/span>        G<\/span>         Am<\/span>  D7<\/span>         G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>On old dogs and children  and watermelon wine\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n                 G7<\/span>          C<\/span>                Am<\/span>\r\n<\/span>I had to catch a plane up to Atlanta the next day\r\n<\/span><\/span>D7<\/span>                              C<\/span>       D7<\/span>    G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>As I left for my room I saw him picking up my change\r\n<\/span><\/span>                        G7<\/span>                C<\/span>            Am<\/span>\r\n<\/span>That night I dreamed in peaceful sleep of shady summer times\r\n<\/span><\/span>       C<\/span>        G<\/span>         Am<\/span>  D7<\/span>         G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Of old dogs and children  and watermelon wine\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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