Tom T. Hall - Old dogs children and watermelon wine

^EHow old do you think I am he said I sa^Aid well I didn’t k^F#mnow ^B7He said I turned 65 about 1^A1 month^B7s ag^Eo

When this o^Ald grey black gent^Eleman w^Aas cleaning ^B7up the lo^Eunge T^Ehere wasn't any o^E7ne around but thi^As old man and ^F#mme The g^B7uy who tended bar was watching i^Aronsides ^B7on t^Ev ^EUninvited he sat ^E7down and op^Aened up his ^F#mmind On o^Ald dogs and c^Ehildren a^And wa^B7termelon w^Eine

Ha^Eve you ever had a dri^E7nk of watermel^Aon wine he ^F#masked ^B7He told me all about it though I ^Adidn't ^B7answer ^Eback A^Ein't but three things in l^E7ife that's worth a s^Aolitary d^F#mime That's o^Ald dogs and c^Ehildren a^And wa^B7termelon wi^Ene

^EHe said women think about themsel^E7ves when their ^Amen-folk aren't a^F#mround ^B7And friends are hard to find when they ^Adiscover t^B7hat you're d^Eown H^Ee said I tried it all when I was y^E7oung and in ^Amy natural ^F#mprime Now it's o^Ald dogs and ^Echildren ^Aand w^B7atermelon w^Eine

^EHe said old dogs care about ^E7you even ^Awhen you make ^F#mmistakes ^B7God bless little children while they're s^Atill too ^B7young to ^Ehate ^EAs he moved away I got my^E7 pen and ^Acopied down that ^F#mline On o^Ald dogs and ^Echildren ^Aand ^B7watermelon ^Ewine

^EI had to catch a p^E7lane up to ^AAtlanta the next ^F#mday ^B7As I left for my room I saw him ^Apicking ^B7up my ^Echange ^EThat night I dreamed in peaceful s^E7leep of ^Ashady summer ^F#mtimes Of old d^Aogs and ^Echildren ^Aand w^B7atermelon w^Eine