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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??E? Red
ENow Ol’ Red he’s the damndest dog
ThatD I’vAe eveEr seen
EGot a nose that can smell a two day trail
He’s a four leggeBd tracking 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
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EAnd the warden sang,
E7Come on somebEody E7why don’t youE run
E7Ol’ Red??E?s itchin Bto have a littEle fun
E7Get my lEantern, gE7et my gEun
E7Red’ll have you Etreed ‘fore tBhe morniEng comes
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 anEd wait
EAnd the warden sang,
E7Come on somebEody E7why don’t youE run
E7Ol’ Red??E?s itchin Bto have a littEle fun
E7Get my lEantern, gE7et my gEun
E7Red’ll have you Etreed ‘fore tBhe morniEng comes
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 oEut
ECause I was headed north to Tennessee
And Ol’ Red was headed south
EAnd the warden sang,
E7Come on somebEody E7why don’t youE run
E7Ol’ Red??E?s itchin Bto have a littEle fun
E7Get my lEantern, gE7et my gEun
E7Red’ll have you Etreed ‘fore tBhe morniEng comes
E D A
ENow there’s red hair blue ticks all in the south
ELove got me in here and lBove got me oEut