Watermelon On The Vine

Traditional

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

    G               C                G
See that watermelon a’hanging on the fence
How I wish that melon was mine
     G                      C                  G
Some folks are foolish they just don’t have no sense
                            D        G
Or they wouldn’t leave that melon on the vine

Chorus

        C     G
Hambone it is sweet chicken it is good
       G               D
Rabbit is so very very fine
    G                     C          G
But give me oh give me oh how I wish you would
                D          G
That watermelon hanging on the vine

Verse 2

    G                   C                            G
You may talk about your peaches your apples and your pears
        G              D
Simmons growing on the tree
Folks have their favorites just most every where
But that watermelon is the best for me

Verse 3

I went to get that melon I thought I’d have some fun
    G                            D
The stars they had just begun to shine
But when I heard some moving I left there on the run
                        D            G
But I didn’t leave that melon on the vine