Intro: E D A
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Well I caught my wife with another man
D A E
And it cost me ninety-nine
E
On a prison farm in Georgia
B
Close to the Florida line
E
Well Ive been here for two long years
D A E
I finally made the warden my friend
E
And so he sentenced me to a life of ease
B E
Taking care of Ol Red
Now Ol Red hes the damndest dog
That Ive ever seen
Got a nose that can smell a two day trail
Hes a four legged tracking machine
You can consider yourself mighty lucky to get past
The gators and the quicksand beds
But all these years that I been here
Aint nobody got past Red
Chorus:
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And the warden sang,
E7 E E7 E
Come on somebody why dont you run
E7 E B E
Ol Reds itchin to have a little fun
E7 E E7 E
Get my lantern, get my gun
E7 E B E
Redll have you treed fore the morning comes
E D A
Well I paid off the guard and I slipped out a letter
To my cousin up in Tennessee
Oh and he brought down a blue tick hound
She was pretty as she could be
Well the penned her up in the swampland
About a mile just south of the gate
And Id take Ol Red for his evening run
Id just drop him off and wait
E
And the warden sang,
E7 E E7 E
Come on somebody why dont you run
E7 E B E
Ol Reds itchin to have a little fun
E7 E E7 E
Get my lantern, get my gun
E7 E B E
Redll have you treed fore the morning comes
E D A
Now Ol Red got real used to seeing
His lady every night
And so I kept him away for three or four days
And waited til the time got right
Well I made my run with the evening sun
And I smiled when I heard em turn Red out
Cause I was headed north to Tennessee
And Ol Red was headed south
E
And the warden sang,
E7 E E7 E
Come on somebody why dont you run
E7 E B E
Ol Reds itchin to have a little fun
E7 E E7 E
Get my lantern, get my gun
E7 E B E
Redll have you treed fore the morning comes
E D A
E
Now theres red hair blue ticks all in the south
E B E
Love got me in here and love got me out
The END!
