Chords for Watermelon on the Vine

_ _ I'm going [Bb] to call on my good buddy Byron Lewis to come up to the stage if [G] he would.
[Bb] _ _ _ _
Is [Ab] he up?
Not yet.
[Bb] _ _ _ _
I understand we have time for one more, is that right?
Yeah.
One more.
Well, we're going to [Ab] close out with_
[G] I don't have to bend over to talk to him.
We're going to close [Gb] out with_
[Bb] _ [D] I don't feel like I belong.
We should [Ab] probably_
Matt versus Brown.
You [G] know, every year we've got [Bb] a guest and all that.
So I'm definitely on him.
Good to see you.
Be cool.
This is a song that Bill Monroe used as a theme song for many years.
It turns out that it has words and we'd like to lay it on you.
Hope you'll enjoy it.
Byron's going to help me out by singing tenor.
_ _ _ Whichever one [F] we can.
Whichever one you end up on.
_ _ It's called Watermelon Hangin' [Bb] on the Mine.
Oh, okay.
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
Don't [G] run off the lake before it's too late. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] Okay.
Are you ready?
No, [G] we are.
[Bb] Oh, don't you see that watermelon
That's falling [Gm] through the fence
I wish that [D] melon was mine
That [Gm] watermelon is pretty
[Cm] And the [G] last dance was free
You were [D] mean to fall off the pile
That [C] boy's [G] sweet
She gave you
A very, very [D] fine
[G] Give me, give me now
I wish you would've met
Watermelon hangin' on the mine Yeah! _ _ _ _
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Now you're talking about a sure [C] apple
[G] He said you're fair
About the cinnamon [D] in the pie
[G] You let your heart run lowly
You ran me down with me
But I've never had a melon on the _ [C] _ first treat
[G] She gave you
That is a very, [D] very fine
[G] Give me, give me now
I wish you would've met
[D] Watermelon [G] hangin' on the mine
_ Yeah!
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was here in the [C] room [G] on a Saturday night
Because the engine [D] keeps a silent
[G] And I'm afraid to let [C] the old man
I was sitting there left [G] there on the run
But I didn't leave him alone
That [C] boy's [G] sweet
She gave you
That is a [D] very, very fine
Give me, give me now
I wish you would've met
Watermelon hangin' on the mine
She _
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That is a _ [D] _ _ [G] very, very fine _
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