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E                                                            A 
Well, the sun was hot and the dust rose up like smoke 
          B                                                           E 
So we hid beneath the elm tree and watched the watermelons float 
E                       E7 
There in a big 'ol tub of ice 
              A                            A7 
And we'd split em open with a kitchen knife 
       E               C#m                     A      B        E 
And everybody had a slice it was a watermelon dream 


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E                                      G#m 
Ain't nothin' sweeter than a watermelon dream 
A                                                        E 
'Cept sittin on the front porch eatin' that peach ice cream 
E                                     C#m 
When life is really sweeter than it seems 
F#m                                      B 
That's what you've got to call a watermelon dream 

        E                                                             A 
With sticky hands and and faces we fought the yellow-jackets to a draw 
             B                                                  E 
Then we used the rind for second base and played a little hard ball 
E                       E7 
I don't know how much we ate 
A                       A7 
But we all got the belly-ache 
       E                              C#m 
And everybody stayed up way too late 
            A      B        E 
It was a watermelon dream 


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           E                                      A 
Then a little after sundown we'd be runnin out of steam 
             B                                           E 
So we'd light a roman candle and try to hold on to the dream 
E                       E7 
Maybe slip out behind a car 
A                         A7 
Take a little tastes from a jar 
E                                C#m 
Then just lay back and count the stars 
                      A      B        E 
That's called a watermelon dream