! C G F G C G F G It was a sunny Sunday afternoon, Miss Dolly was a having a bar- b- que C G F G C G F G And I just happened to be easily strolling by (my, my, what a strollin' guy) C G F G C G F G She hollered "Mel come in, have a taste, this stuff's too good to go to waste" C G F G C G F C "You aint' tried nothing 'til you tried this sauce of mine" (hey Hoss, her sauce is boss) C G F G I said "now, I don't wanna hurt your pride" C G F G "You're cooking is known far and wide" C G F G "But I'm expected home for dinner so I must decline" (wonder why he must decline) C G F G C G F G But Dolly yelled "what's the matter buster, Are you too old to cut the mustard?" Am G G7 I turned my silver head and I replied... C A7 F G C "No, I ain't too old to cut the mustard, I'm just too tired to spread it around" F G F Em G7 "So I gotta turn you and your bar- b- que down, down, down, down C C7 F D7 "So leave me alone, I'm goin' on home to the best home cookin in town" C A7 F G C I ain't too old to cut the mustard, just too tired to spread it around C G F G And you ladies, you're watchin' me sing and play C G F G With my belly kinda flabby and my hair kinda gray C G F G C G And I see you lookin' that old time way at me...and me F G And me, and me C G F G We hate to see you get your hopes deflated C G F G And uh, we hate to see you, uh, humiliated C G F G So before you storm the stage so shamelessly Slippin' us all them love notes...And flowers...And them motel ke G G7 Let us decline so graciously C A7 F G C You see, we ain't too old to cut the mustard, just too tired to spread it around F G F Em G7 On every juicy little hamburger in this town, town, town, town C C7 F D7 So leave me alone, I'm gonna go home to the best home cookin' I've found C A7 F G C A7 And we ain't too old to cut the mustard, just to tired to spread it around (around) F G C A7 F G C Too tired to spread it around