Intro: F D# A# F Well I caught my wife with another man D# A# F And it cost me ninety-nine F On a prison farm in Georgia C Close to the Florida line F Well Iʼve been here for two long years D# A# F I finally made the warden my friend F And so he sentenced me to a life of ease C F Taking care of Olʼ Red Now Olʼ Red heʼs the damndest dog That Iʼve ever seen Got a nose that can smell a two day trail Heʼs 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 been here Ainʼt nobody got past Red Chorus: F And the warden sang, F7 F F7 F Come on somebody why donʼt you run F7 F C F Olʼ Redʼs itchin to have a little fun F7 F F7 F Get my lantern, get my gun F7 F C F Redʼll have you treed ?fore the morning comes F D# A# 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 the penned her up in the swampland About a mile just south of the gate And Iʼd take Olʼ Red for his evening run Iʼd just drop him off and wait F And the warden sang, F7 F F7 F Come on somebody why donʼt you run F7 F C F Olʼ Redʼs itchin to have a little fun F7 F F7 F Get my lantern, get my gun F7 F C F Redʼll have you treed ?fore the morning comes F D# A# Now Olʼ Red got real used to seeing His lady every night And so I kept him away for three or four days And waited til the time got right Well I made my run with the evening sun And I smiled when I heard ?em turn Red out Cause I was headed north to Tennessee And Olʼ Red was headed south F And the warden sang, F7 F F7 F Come on somebody why donʼt you run F7 F C F Olʼ Redʼs itchin to have a little fun F7 F F7 F Get my lantern, get my gun F7 F C F Redʼll have you treed ?fore the morning comes F D# A# F Now thereʼs red hair blue ticks all in the south F C F Love got me in here and love got me out
