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Ol Red

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Capo 1, hammer on 4th and 5th strings while playing the E5, palm mute whole song.
* = single strum
[Intro]
|       E5|     E5|       E5|   E5   D  A  
           (3/4)
[Verse 1]
Well, I E5caught my wife with another man
And it Dcost me Aninety-niE5ne
On a E5prison farm in Georgia
Close to the Florida lB7ine
Well, E5I've been here for two long years
I Dfinally made the Awarden my frE5iend
And so he E5sentenced me to a life of ease
B7taking care of Ol' RE5ed
[Verse 2]
Now Ol' E5Red he's the damnedest dog
Dthat I've Aever seE5en
Got a E5nose that can smell a two day trail
He's a four legged tracking machB7ine
You can conE5sider yourself mighty lucky to get past
The Dgators and the Aquicksand E5beds
But E5all these years that I've been here
Ain't B7nobody got past RE5ed
[Chorus]
And the warden sang
Ecome 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 Dmornin' Ecomes
[Verse 3]
Well, I E5paid off the guard and I slipped out a letter
To my Dcousin up in ATennessE5ee
Oh, and E5he brought down a blue tick hound
She was pretty as she could bB7e
Well, they E5penned her up in the swampland
'Bout a mDile just sAouth of the gE5ate
And I'd E5take Ol' Red for his evening run
I'd just B7drop him off E5and wait
[Chorus]
And the warden sang
Ecome 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 Dmornin' Ecomes
[Verse 4]
Now Ol' E5Red got real used to seeing
His Dlady Aevery nigE5ht
And so I E5kept him away for three or four days
And waited till the time got rB7ight
Well, I E5made my run with the evenin' sun
And I sDmiled when I hAeard 'em turn RE5ed out
'Cause I was E5headed north to Tennessee
And Ol' B7Red was headed sE5outh
[Chorus]
And the warden sang
Ecome 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 Dmornin' Ecomes
Ending
            E5*
Now there's red haired blue ticks all in the south
E5*                     D*           E5*
Love got me in here and love got me out

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Ol Red

by Blake Shelton

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo 1, hammer on 4th and 5th strings while playing the E5, palm mute whole song.

* = single strum

[Intro]

E5 E5 E5 E5 D A

| | | |

(3/4)

[Verse 1]

Well, I caught my wife with another man

D A E5

And it cost me ninety-nine

On a prison farm in Georgia

Close to the Florida line

Well, I've been here for two long years

D A E5

I finally made the warden my friend

And so he sentenced me to a life of ease

B7 E5

taking care of Ol' Red

[Verse 2]

Now Ol' Red he's the damnedest dog

D A E5

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

D A E5

The gators and the quicksand beds

But all these years that I've been here

B7 E5

Ain't nobody got past Red

[Chorus]

And the warden sang

come on somebody why don't you run

D E

Ol' Reds itchin' to have a little fun

Get my lantern, get my gun

D E

Red'll have you treed 'fore the mornin' comes

[Verse 3]

Well, I paid off the guard and I slipped out a letter

D A E5

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

D A E5

'Bout a mile just south of the gate

And I'd take Ol' Red for his evening run

B7 E5

I'd just drop him off and wait

[Chorus]

And the warden sang

come on somebody why don't you run

D E

Ol' Reds itchin' to have a little fun

Get my lantern, get my gun

D E

Red'll have you treed 'fore the mornin' comes

[Verse 4]

Now Ol' Red got real used to seeing

D A E5

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

D A E5

And I smiled when I heard 'em turn Red out

'Cause I was headed north to Tennessee

B7 E5

And Ol' Red was headed south

[Chorus]

And the warden sang

come on somebody why don't you run

D E

Ol' Reds itchin' to have a little fun

Get my lantern, get my gun

D E

Red'll have you treed 'fore the mornin' comes

Ending

Now there's red haired blue ticks all in the south

E5 D E5

* * *

Love got me in here and love got me out

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