Ol Red Chords

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Intro

E E7 E Repeat 3 times

EWell I caught my wife with another man

 And it Dcost meA ninetyE-nine

EOn a prison farm in Georgia

 Close to the Florida Bline

EWell I’ve been here for two long years

DI finally made the Awarden my Efriend

EAnd so he sentenced me to a life of ease

BTaking care of Ol’ ERed

ENow Ol’ Red he’s the damndest dog

 ThatD I’ve Aever Eseen

EGot a nose that can smell a two day trail

 He’s a four legged Btracking machine

EYou can consider yourself mighty lucky to get past

DThe gators and Athe quicksand Ebeds

BBut all these years that I been Ehere

EAin’t nobody got past Red

Chorus

EAnd the warden sang,

E7Come on somebEody E7why don’t you rEun

E7Ol’ Red’s iEtchin to hBave a little fEun

E7Get my lEantern, gE7et my gEun

E7Red’ll have you trEeed ‘fore the mBorning cEomes

E D A

EWell I paid off the guard and I slipped out a letter

DTo my cAousin up Ein Tennessee

EOh and he brought down a blue tick hound

 She was pretty as she could Bbe

EWell the penned her up in the swampland

DAbout a mile just Asouth of the Egate

EAnd I’d take Ol’ Red for his evening run

BI’d just drop him off and Ewait

EAnd the warden sang,

E7Come on somebEody E7why don’t you rEun

E7Ol’ Red’s iEtchin to hBave a little fEun

E7Get my lEantern, gE7et my gEun

E7Red’ll have you trEeed ‘fore the mBorning cEomes

E D A

ENow Ol’ Red got real used to seeing

DHis lady Aevery night E

EAnd so I kept him away for E7three or four days

E

EAnd waited tBil the time got right

EWell I made my run with the evening sun

DAnd I smiled Awhen I heard ‘em turn Red outE

ECause I was headed north to Tennessee

And Ol’ Red was headed south

EAnd the warden sang,

E7Come on somebEody E7why don’t you rEun

E7Ol’ Red’s iEtchin to hBave a little fEun

E7Get my lEantern, gE7et my gEun

E7Red’ll have you trEeed ‘fore the mBorning cEomes

E D A

ENow there’s red hair blue ticks all in the south

ELove got me in here and lBove got me oEut