Tabbed by: Travis Sand
Tuning: Standard EADGBe

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 Intro: E  E7 E }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 I've 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 he's the damndest dog
   D   A   E
That I've ever seen
E
Got a nose that can smell a two day trail
             B
He's 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
Ain't nobody got past Red

Chorus:
E
And the warden sang,
E7       E  E7         E
Come on somebody why don't you run
E7      E      B         E
Ol' Red's itchin to have a little fun
E7    E     E7   E
Get my lantern, get my gun
E7           E         B     E
Red'll 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 I'd take Ol' Red for his evening run
B                 E
I'd just drop him off and wait

E
And the warden sang,
E7       E  E7         E
Come on somebody why don't you run
E7      E      B         E
Ol' Red's itchin to have a little fun
E7    E     E7   E
Get my lantern, get my gun
E7           E         B     E
Red'll 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 don't you run
E7      E      B         E
Ol' Red's itchin to have a little fun
E7    E     E7   E
Get my lantern, get my gun
E7           E         B     E
Red'll have you treed ?fore the morning comes

E      D A


E
Now there's 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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Well I caught my wife with another man
And it cost me ninety nine
On a prison farm in Georgia
Close to the Florida line
Well I'd been here for two long years
I finally made the warden my friend
And so he sentenced me to a life of ease
Taking care of Ol Red

Now Ol' Red he's the damnedest 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've been here
Ain't nobody got past Red

Chorus: 
B E A Em7
And the warden sang
Come on somebody
Why don't you run
Ol' Red's itchin' to have a little fun
Get my lantern
Get my gun
Red'll have you treed before the mornin' comes

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 they penned her up in the swampland
'Bout a mile just south of the gate
And I'd take Ol' Red for his evening run
I'd just drop him off and wait

Chorus

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 till the time got right
Well I made my run with the evenin' sun
And I smiled when I heard 'em let Red out
'Cause I was headed north to Tennessee
And Ol' Red was headed south

Chorus

Now there's red haired blue ticks all in the South
Love got me in here and love got me out