Tom T. Hall - Old dogs children and watermelon wine

How ^Gold do you think I am? he said I said, ^CWell, I didn't ^Amknow He said,^D7 "I turned 65 about ^C11 months ^Gago

I was ^Gsittin' in Miami pourin' ^Cblended whiskey ^Amdown When this ^Cold gray black ^Ggentleman was ^D7cleanin' up the ^Glounge Well, there wasn't ^Ganyone around 'cept this ^Cold man and ^Amme ^D7The guy who ran the bar was watchin' ^Cgood ol' nashfield music on ^GTV Unin^Gvited, he sat down and o^Cpened up his m^Amind On ^Cold dogs and ^Gchildren and ^D7watermelon ^Gwine

You ^Gever had a drink of ^Cwatermelon ^Amwine? he asked ^D7N' he told me all about it, though I ^Cdidn't answer ^Gback He said ain't but ^Gthree things in this world that's worth a ^Csolitary ^Amdime But ^Cold dogs and ^Gchildren and ^D7watermelon ^Gwine

He said, ^Gwomen think about theyselves, when ^Cmenfolk ain't ^Amaround ^D7And friends are hard to find when they discover ^Cthat you're ^Gdown He said I ^Gtried it all when I was young and ^Cin my natural ^Amprime Now it's ^Cold dogs and ^Gchildren and ^D7watermelon ^Gwine

They said ^Gold dogs care about you, ^Ceven when you make ^Ammistakes ^D7God bless little children while they're ^Cstill too young to ^Ghate When he ^Gmoved away I found my pen and ^Ccopied down that ^Amline 'Bout old ^Cdogs and ^Gchildren and ^D7watermelon ^Gwine

While I ^Ghad to catch a plane up to ^CAtlanta that next ^Amday ^D7As I left for my room I saw him ^Cpickin' up my ^Gchange N' that ^Gnight I dreamed in peaceful sleep of ^Cshady summer^Amtime 'Bout ^Cold dogs and ^Gchildren and ^D7watermelon ^Gwine