Chords for Tom T Hall. Sneaky snake/Old dogs and children. (2 of 2)

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[Ab] I have recorded two albums of songs for little children and _ I want to sing a song here that
has made me a lot [Gm] of little friends.
_ _ And if you like these kinds of songs, this is what I call solid gold bubble gum [G] here.
_ Hup, two, three, four. _
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Boys and girls take warning _ [C] if you go [G] near the lake
_ [C] Keep your eyes [G] wide open
[A] Look for Sneaky [D] Snake
_ [G] _
Maybe you won't see [C] him
And maybe you [G] won't hear [C] him
But he'll sneak up [G] behind you
[D] Steal all your [G] root beer
And then, oh, Sneaky Snake [C] Go dancing
_ [G] Wiggling [C] and hissing
[G] Sneaky Snake Go dancing
[A] Wiggling [D] and hissing
[G] I don't like old Sneaky Snake
[C] He laughs, don't [G] you see
[C] While he goes [G] wiggling through the grass
[D] Tickled is [G] underneath _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I love Sneaky Snake, drinks root beer
[C] And he just [G] makes me sick
[C] But when he [G] is not dancing
[A] He looks just [D] like a stick
[G] He doesn't have any arms or [C] legs
And you cannot see [G] his ears
[C] And while we are [G] not looking
He's [D] stealing all of [G] our beer
And then, oh, Sneaky Snake [C] Go dancing
[G] _ Wiggling and hissing
[G] Sneaky Snake Go dancing
[A] Wiggling and [Gbm] hissing
[G] _ _ I don't like old Sneaky Snake
[C] He laughs too much, [G] you see
[C] While he goes wiggling [G] through the grass
[D] Tickled is [G] underneath _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ I [D] don't know, I don't know. _ _
[A] Now wait a minute, I've written about 500 songs.
[D] And if we sing them [C] all, _ we'll go right through [Gm] that.
I'll do this song.
This is my most requested song.
And people ask me about this tune.
And it's a true story.
The storytellers and I were working in Miami Beach, Florida in 72
And met this old man and we've been talking about him ever since.
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[Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
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[C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ How old do you think I am, he said.
[Bb] And _ I said, well, [Gm] I didn't know.
_ _ [C] _ He said, you know, I turned 65 about _ _ [C] 11 months ago.
[F] _
_ And I was sitting in Miami
_ _ [Bb] Pouring blended [Gm] whiskey down
_ [Bb] When this _ [F] old gray-brown gentleman
[C] _ _ Was cleaning [F] up the line.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Well, [F] there wasn't anyone _ [A] around
[Bb] Except this old [Gm] man and me. _
[C] And the guy who ran the bar was watching [Bb] nine [C] sides
[F] On TV, _ _ _ uninvited.
_ He sat down [Bb] and he _ _ [Gm] opened up his mind _
[Bb] On _ [F] old dogs and children
[C] _ And water [F] on the wire. _ _
_ [Dm] _ Have you ever had _ a drink of _ [Bb] watermelon _ [Gm] wine, he asked.
_ [C] _ Well, he told me all about it
[Bb] _ [C] Though I didn't [F] answer back.
He said, there ain't but three things in the world
_ [Bb] Worth a _ _ _
[Gm] solitary dime
[Bb] But _ old [F] dogs and children
_ [C] _ And watermelon [F] wine.
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[Gb] _ He said, you know, women think about this, Al. _
[B] Well, when menfolk ain't [Abm] around _ _ _
[Ab] And friends are [Db] hard to find
When they [B] discover [Db] _ [Gb] that you're down. _
He said, son, I tried it all when I was young. _ _
[B] And in my _ [Abm] natural fire
[B]
Now it's old [Gb] dogs and children _
[Db] _ And watermelon [Gb] wine. _ _
_ _ He said, you know, dogs, now they care about you.
_ [B] _ Well, even when you make [Abm] mistakes.
_ _ [Db] _ God bless little children
_ [B] While they're [Db] still too [Gb] young to hate.
And when they moved away
Found my pen [B] and I copied [Abm] down
_ _ [B] Found old _
[Gb] dogs and children
_ [Db] _ And watermelon [Gb] wine.
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[B] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ Well, I had to catch a plane up [C] to Atlanta _
[Am] That next day.
_ [D] _ As I left for my room, I saw [C] him
Picking up [G] my check.
_ _ And that night I dreamed _
Peaceful sleep [C] of _ _ [Am] shady summers
_ [C] Of _ _ [G] old dogs
_ _ [D] _ And [G] watermelon wine.
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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All [D] right, folks, we gotta [B] go.
Thank you.
God bless you.
Have a good [Gbm] night.
Thank you very much. _ _ _
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