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capo 1, hammer on 4th and 5th strings while playing the E, palm mute whole song. Intro: E D A E x3 verse:
WEell I caught my wife with another man And it cDost mAe ninety-Enine
OEn a prison farm in Georgia Close to the Florida linB7e
WeEll I've been here for two long years I finDally made the wAarden my frEiend
AEnd so he sentenced me to a life of ease taB7king care of Ol' REed
NEow Ol' Red he's the damnedest dog thDat I've eAver seEen
GEot a nose that can smell a two day trail He's a four legged tracking machinB7e
YEou can consider yourself mighty lucky to get past The gatDors and the quiAcksand bEeds
BEut all these years that I've been here AB7in't nobody got past REed
Chorus:
AEnd the warden sang
come on somebody why don't you run
Ol' Reds itchin' to hDave a little fEun
get my lantern, get my gun
Red'll have you treed 'fore the morDnin' comEes
Verse:
WeEll I paid off the guard and I slipped out a letter To my coDusin up in ATennesEsee
OEh and he brought down a blue tick hound She was pretty as she could bB7e
WeEll they penned her up in the swampland 'Bought a mDile just sAouth of the gEate
aEnd I'd take Ol' Red for his evening run IB7'd just drop him off and wEait
Chorus:
EAnd the warden sang
come on somebody why don't you run
Ol' Reds itchin' to hDave a little fEun
get my lantern, get my gun
Red'll have you treed 'fore the morDnin' comEes
Verse:
NEow Ol' Red got used to seeing HisD lady evAery niEght
AEnd so I kept him away for three or four days And waited till the time got righB7t
WeEll i made my run with the evenin' sun And i smDiled when i heAard 'em let RedE out
'CEause I was headed north to Tennessee AB7nd Ol' Red was headed soEuth
Chorus:
EAnd the warden sang
come on somebody why don't you run
Ol' Reds itchin' to hDave a little fEun
get my lantern, get my gun
Red'll have you treed 'fore the morDnin' comEes
Verse: *E Now there's red haired blue ticks all in the south *E D* A* E* Love got me in here and love got me out * = single strum