Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine chords by John Prine, Mac Wiseman
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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How old do you think
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I am
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Well, I didn't know
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Man, I turned sixty- five
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about eleven months ago"
Verse 2
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I was sittin' in Miami,
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pouring blended whiskey down
When this old gray,
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black gentleman was cleaning up the lounge
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Verse 3
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There wasn't anyone around,
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except this old man and me
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The guy who ran the bar was watching
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"Ironside" on TV
Uninvited, he sat down and
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opened up his mind
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On old dogs and children and
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watermelon wine
Verse 4
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"Ever had a drink of water
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melon wine," he asked
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He told me all about it,
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though I didn't answer back
"Ain't but three things in life
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worth a solitary dime
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That's old dogs and children
and watermelon wine"
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Verse 5
He said, "Women think about they- selves,
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when the menfolk ain't around
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And friends are hard to come by when
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they discover that you're down
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You know, I tried it all when I was
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young and in my natural prime
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Now it's old dogs and children and
Interlude 1
watermelon wine"
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"Old
Verse 6
dogs care about you even
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when you make mistakes
God bless little children while they're
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still to young to hate"
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When he moved away I found my pen
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and copied down that line
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About old dogs and children
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and watermelon wine
Verse 7
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I had to catch a plane up to
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Atlanta that next day
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As I left for my room I saw him
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picking up my change
That night I dreamed in peaceful
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sleep of shady summertime
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Of old dogs and children an
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d watermelon wine
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Old dogs and children
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and watermelon wine
Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine
John Prine, Mac Wiseman
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