View Guitar Chords for Old red - chords ver. 2
Intro: E D AEWell 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' ERedNow Ol' Red he's the damndest dog That I've ever seen Got a nose that can smell a two day trail He's 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 Ain'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 cEomesE 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 I'd take Ol' Red for his evening run I'd just drop him off and waitEAnd 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 cEomesE 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 southEAnd 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 cEomesE D AENow there's red hair blue ticks all in the south ELove got me in here and lBove got me oEutThe END!