Guy Clark – Watermelon Dream (Guitar)

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Well, the sun was hot and the dust rose up like smoke

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So we hid beneath the elm tree and watched the watermelons float

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There in a big 'ol tub of ice

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And we'd split 'em open with a kitchen knife

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And everybody had a slice, it was a watermelon dream

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Ain't nothin' sweeter than a watermelon dream

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'Cept sittin' on the front porch eatin' that peach ice cream

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When life is really sweeter than it seems

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That's what you've got to call a watermelon dream

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With sticky hands and faces we fought the yellow-jackets to a draw

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Then we used the rind for second base and played a little hard ball

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I don't know how much we ate

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But we all got the belly-ache

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And everybody stayed up way too late

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It was a watermelon dream

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Ain't nothin' sweeter than a watermelon dream

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'Cept sittin' on the front porch eatin' that peach ice cream

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When life is really sweeter than it seems

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That's what you've got to call a watermelon dream

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Then a little after sundown we'd be runnin' out of steam

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So we'd light a roman candle up and try to hold on to a dream

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Maybe slip out behind a car

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Take a little taste from a jar

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Then just lay back and count the stars

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That's called a watermelon dream

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Ain't nothin' sweeter than a watermelon dream

     A                                       E
'Cept sittin' on the front porch eatin' that peach ice cream

E                           C#7
When life is really sweeter than it seems

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That's what you've got to call a watermelon dream

E                            G#7
Ain't nothin' sweeter than a watermelon dream

     A                                       E
'Cept sittin' on the front porch eatin' that peach ice cream

E                           C#7
When life is really sweeter than it seems

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That's what you've got to call a watermelon dream