Intro: D# C# G# D# Well I caught my wife with another man C# G# D# And it cost me ninety-nine D# On a prison farm in Georgia A# Close to the Florida line D# Well Iʼve been here for two long years C# G# D# I finally made the warden my friend D# And so he sentenced me to a life of ease A# D# 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: D# And the warden sang, D#7 D# D#7 D# Come on somebody why donʼt you run D#7 D# A# D# Olʼ Redʼs itchin to have a little fun D#7 D# D#7 D# Get my lantern, get my gun D#7 D# A# D# Redʼll have you treed ?fore the morning comes D# C# G# 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 D# And the warden sang, D#7 D# D#7 D# Come on somebody why donʼt you run D#7 D# A# D# Olʼ Redʼs itchin to have a little fun D#7 D# D#7 D# Get my lantern, get my gun D#7 D# A# D# Redʼll have you treed ?fore the morning comes D# C# G# 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 D# And the warden sang, D#7 D# D#7 D# Come on somebody why donʼt you run D#7 D# A# D# Olʼ Redʼs itchin to have a little fun D#7 D# D#7 D# Get my lantern, get my gun D#7 D# A# D# Redʼll have you treed ?fore the morning comes D# C# G# D# Now thereʼs red hair blue ticks all in the south D# A# D# Love got me in here and love got me out
