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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
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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
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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
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ENow there’s red hair blue ticks all in the south ELove got me in here and lBove got me oEut