intro : E E7 E repeat 3 times
E
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
E
now ol red hes the damndest dog
D A E
that ive ever seen
E
got a nose that can smell a two day trail
B
hes a four legged tracking machine
E
you can consider yourself mighty lucky to get past
D A E
the gators and the quicksand beds
B E
but all these years that i been here
E
aint nobody got past red
chorus :
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
well i paid off the guard and i slipped out a letter
D A E
to my cousin up in tennessee
E
oh and he brought down a blue tick hound
B
she was pretty as she could be
E
well the penned her up in the swampland
D A E
about a mile just south of the gate
E
and id take ol red for his evening run
B E
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
E
now ol red got real used to seeing
D A E
his lady every night
E E7
and so i kept him away for three or four days
E
E B
and waited til the time got right
E
well i made my run with the evening sun
D A E
and i smiled when i heard Em turn red out
E
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
intro : E E7 E repeat 3 times
E
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
E
now ol red hes the damndest dog
D A E
that ive ever seen
E
got a nose that can smell a two day trail
B
hes a four legged tracking machine
E
you can consider yourself mighty lucky to get past
D A E
the gators and the quicksand beds
B E
but all these years that i been here
E
aint nobody got past red
chorus :
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
well i paid off the guard and i slipped out a letter
D A E
to my cousin up in tennessee
E
oh and he brought down a blue tick hound
B
she was pretty as she could be
E
well the penned her up in the swampland
D A E
about a mile just south of the gate
E
and id take ol red for his evening run
B E
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
E
now ol red got real used to seeing
D A E
his lady every night
E E7
and so i kept him away for three or four days
E
E B
and waited til the time got right
E
well i made my run with the evening sun
D A E
and i smiled when i heard Em turn red out
E
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
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