Key: G major•
Intro 1
D
C
G
D
Am
G
D
G
Verse 1
C
I am
Am
D
Well, I didn't know
D
G
about eleven months ago"
Verse 2
C
Am
C
pouring blended whiskey down
When this old gray,
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D
black gentleman was cleaning up the lounge
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D
Verse 3
C
Am
except this old man and me
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D
G
Em
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G
"Ironside" on TV
Uninvited, he sat down and
C
Am
opened up his mind
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G
D
On old dogs and children and
Verse 4
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"Ever had a drink of water
C
Am
melon wine," he asked
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D
G
though I didn't answer back
"Ain't but three things in life
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Am
worth a solitary dime
C
G
D
That's old dogs and children
and watermelon wine"
G
Verse 5
He said, "Women think about they- selves,
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Am
when the menfolk ain't around
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D
G
D
they discover that you're down
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Am
young and in my natural prime
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D
Now it's old dogs and children and
Interlude 1
watermelon wine"
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Bm
C
G
D
G
D
G
C
Verse 6
dogs care about you even
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Am
D
when you make mistakes
God bless little children while they're
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D
G
still to young to hate"
D
G
When he moved away I found my pen
C
Am
and copied down that line
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G
About old dogs and children
D
G
and watermelon wine
Verse 7
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I had to catch a plane up to
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Am
Atlanta that next day
D
C
As I left for my room I saw him
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G
picking up my change
That night I dreamed in peaceful
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Am
sleep of shady summertime
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D
Of old dogs and children an
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A
G
d watermelon wine
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Old dogs and children
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D
and watermelon wine
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