Tom T. Hall - Old dogs children and watermelon wine

^FHow old do you think I am he said ^A#I said well I didn’t ^Gmknow ^C7He said I turned 65 about ^A#11 mon^Cths a^Fgo

^FI was sitting in Miami pouring b^A#lended whisky do^Gmwn When this ^A#old grey b^Flack gentleman was ^C7cleaning up the ^Flounge There wasn't any ^F7one around 'cept thi^A#s old man and^Gm me ^C7The guy who ran the bar was watching^A# Ironsides^C7 on ^FTV Uninvited ^F7he sat down and ^A#opened up his m^Gmind On ^A#old dogs and c^Fhildren and ^C7watermelon ^Fwine

Ever had a ^F7drink of waterm^A#elon wine he ^Gmasked ^C7He told me all about it though I ^A#didn't a^C7nswer b^Fack Ain't but ^F7three things in this world that's worth a ^A#solitary ^Gmdime But old^A# dogs and chil^Fdren ^C7and watermelon win^Fe ^C#

He said women think ^F#7about theyselves when t^Bheir men-folk aren't around ^{G#m C#7}And friends are hard to find when they d^Biscover that ^C#7you're d^F#own He said I ^F#7tried it all when I was young and ^Bin my natural ^G#mprime Now it's ^Bold dogs and ^F#children ^C#7and watermelon w^F#ine

He said old dogs care ^F#7about you even w^Bhen you make ^G#mmistakes ^C#7God bless little children while they're ^Bstill too^C#7 young to ^F#hate When he moved away I ^F#7found my pen and ^Bcopied down that ^G#mline 'Bout o^Bld dogs and ^F#children ^C#7and watermelon ^F#wine

I had to ^Gcatch a p^G7lane up to A^Ctlanta the next d^Amay ^D7As I left for my room I saw him ^Cpicking ^D7up my ^Gchange That night I dreamed in ^G7peaceful sleep of ^Cshady summer ^Amtimes Of old ^Cdogs and ^Gchildren and ^D7watermelon ^Gwine