Chords for Ferlin Husky - Old Dogs, Children, And Watermelon Wine

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_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ How do you think I am he said I [A] said well, I [F#m] didn't know _ _
[B] He said I've turned 65 _
[A] about
[B] 11 months ago [E] I _
Was sitting _ in Miami _
[A] pouring blended [F#m] whiskey down _
[A] when this old
[E] great black gentleman _
_ [B] Was cleaning [E] up the lounge _
_ _ _ _ _ There wasn't anyone _ around
[A] except this old [F#m] man and me
_ [B] The guy who ran the bar was [A] watching our [B]
insides [E] on TV
_ _ _ Uninvited
_ He sat down [A] and opened [F#m] up his mind
_ _ [A] About old [E] dogs and children [B] and water _
[E] melon wine _ _ _ _ _
ever had a
drink of water
[A] _ Melon wine [F#m] he asked
_ [B] He told me all about it
[A] Though I [B] didn't [E] answer by _
_ Ain't but three things in this world [A] that's worth a solitary [F#m] dime _ _
[A] but old
[E] dogs and children and
[B] _ _ water [E] melon wine
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] He said women think about their sales
[Gm] when [A#] menfolk ain't around [Gm] and
_ _ _ [C] Friends are hard to find
_ _ When they [A#] discover _
[F] Let you down
_ _ He said I tried it all
When I was young [Gm] and in my natural prime
_ _ Now [A#] it's old
dogs [F] and children and
[C] _ water melon [F] wine _ _ _ _ _
Old dogs care about you
even [A#] when you make [Gm] mistakes _
[C] God bless little children
While [A#] they're still [C] too young to [Dm] hate
[F] When he moved away, I found my pen [A#] and copied down [Gm] that line _
[A#] about
_ [F] dogs and children and
[C] _ water
[F] Melon wine _
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_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[F#] I had to catch a plane
Up to Atlanta _ [B] that next day _ [G#m] as _ [C#] I left for my room I
saw him
_ [B] Picking [C#] up [F#] my change _
That night I dreamed of peaceful sleep [B] of shady
_ [G#m] summertime _ _
_ [B] Old _ [F#] dogs and children [C#] and water [F#] melon wine _
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