Intro: E   E7 E Repeat 3 times

EWell (022100@1)I caught my wife with another man
       D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)    EAnd (022100@1)it cost me ninety-nine
EOn (022100@1)a prison farm in Georgia
                     BClose (x2444x@1)to the Florida line
EWell (022100@1)I've been here for two long years
D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1)       EI (022100@1)finally made the warden my friend
EAnd (022100@1)so he sentenced me to a life of ease
B (x2444x@1)                ETaking (022100@1)care of Ol' Red

ENow (022100@1)Ol' Red he's the damndest dog
    D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)  EThat (022100@1)I've ever seen
EGot (022100@1)a nose that can smell a two day trail
                   BHe's (x2444x@1)a four legged tracking machine
EYou (022100@1)can consider yourself mighty lucky to get past
D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)           EThe (022100@1)gators and the quicksand beds
B (x2444x@1)                             EBut (022100@1)all these years that I been here
EAin't (022100@1)nobody got past Red

Chorus:
EAnd (022100@1)the warden sang,
E7 (020130@1)         E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1)           ECome (022100@1)on somebody why don't you run
E7 (020130@1)       E (022100@1)       B (x2444x@1)           EOl' (022100@1)Red's itchin to have a little fun
E7 (020130@1)    E (022100@1)      E7 (020130@1)   EGet (022100@1)my lantern, get my gun
E7 (020130@1)              E (022100@1)            B (x2444x@1)     ERed'll (022100@1)have you treed 'fore the morning comes

E (022100@1)                      D (xx0232@1)AE
Well I paid off the guard and I slipped out a letter
D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)      ETo (022100@1)my cousin up in Tennessee
EOh (022100@1)and he brought down a blue tick hound
                            BShe (x2444x@1)was pretty as she could be
EWell (022100@1)the penned her up in the swampland
D (xx0232@1)               A (x02220@1)          EAbout (022100@1)a mile just south of the gate
EAnd (022100@1)I'd take Ol' Red for his evening run
B (x2444x@1)                       EI'd (022100@1)just drop him off and wait



EAnd (022100@1)the warden sang,
E7 (020130@1)         E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1)           ECome (022100@1)on somebody why don't you run
E7 (020130@1)       E (022100@1)       B (x2444x@1)           EOl' (022100@1)Red's itchin to have a little fun
E7 (020130@1)    E (022100@1)      E7 (020130@1)   EGet (022100@1)my lantern, get my gun
E7 (020130@1)              E (022100@1)            B (x2444x@1)     ERed'll (022100@1)have you treed 'fore the morning comes

E (022100@1)                      D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)ENow (022100@1)Ol' Red got real used to seeing
D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)          EHis (022100@1)lady every night
E (022100@1)                        E7And (020130@1)so I kept him away for three or four days
EE           BAnd (x2444x@1)waited til the time got right
EWell (022100@1)I made my run with the evening sun
D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)                          EAnd (022100@1)I smiled when I heard 'em turn Red out
ECause (022100@1)I was headed north to Tennessee
And Ol' Red was headed south

EAnd (022100@1)the warden sang,
E7 (020130@1)         E (022100@1) E7 (020130@1)           ECome (022100@1)on somebody why don't you run
E7 (020130@1)       E (022100@1)       B (x2444x@1)           EOl' (022100@1)Red's itchin to have a little fun
E7 (020130@1)    E (022100@1)      E7 (020130@1)   EGet (022100@1)my lantern, get my gun
E7 (020130@1)              E (022100@1)            B (x2444x@1)     ERed'll (022100@1)have you treed 'fore the morning comes

E (022100@1)                      D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)ENow (022100@1)there's red hair blue ticks all in the south
E (022100@1)                      B (x2444x@1)         ELove (022100@1)got me in here and love got me out