Spoken: 
F            F7              Bb  
How old do you think I am he said 
            Gm  
I said well I didn?t know 
C7           
He said I turned 65 
      Bb            C7     F  
About eleven months ago 
 
Sing: 
      F          F7            Bb              Gm 
I was sittin? in Miami pourin? blended whiskey down 
          Bb               F         C7                  F   
When this old, grey, black gentleman was cleanin? up the lounge 
      F         F7               Bb               Gm 
There wasn?t anyone around ?cept this old man and me      
C7                                   Bb        C7 F 
The guy who ran the bar was watchin? Ironsides on TV 
          F7               Bb            Gm   
Uninvited, he sat down and opened up his mind 
   Bb           F       C7              F 
On old dogs and children and watermelon wine 
 
Same chord progression as above: 
 
Ever had a drink of watermelon wine, he asked 
He told me all about it though I didn?t answer back 
Ain?t but 3 things in this world that?s worth a solitary dime 
But old dogs, children, and watermelon wine 
 
He said women think about themselves when menfolk ain?t around 
And friends are hard to find when they discover that you?re down 
He said I tried it all when I was young and in my natural prime 
Now it?s old dogs, children, and watermelon wine 
 
Old dogs care about you even when you make mistakes 
God bless little children while they?re still too young to hate 
When he moved away, I found my pen and copied down that line 
?Bout old dogs and children, and watermelon wine 
 
I had to catch a plane up to Atlanta that next day 
As I left for my room I saw him pickin? up my change 
That night I dreamed in peaceful sleep of shady summertime 
Of old dogs and children and watermelon wine