Chords for Hoyt Wayne Axton..Ol' Red.wmv

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_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ Caught my wife with another man and it cost me 99 _ _ _
On a prison farm in Georgia, [A] close to the Florida line
[D] I've been here for twelve long years, I finally made the war with my friend
_ _ So he sentenced me to a life of [A] ease, taking [D] care of old Ed
_ Now old Ed, he's a damnedest dog that I have ever seen _ _
Got a nose that can smell a two day trail, he's a [A] four legged tracking [Am] machine
You can [D] consider yourself mighty lucky to get past the gators and the [Dm] quicksand beds
But [D] all these years that I've been [A] here, ain't nobody [D] got past Red
_ [Dm] Hear the warden say, come on somebody, why don't you run
Old Red's itching to have a little fun, get my lamb and get my gun
They will have you treated for the morning [D]
time
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] Well I paid off a guard and I slipped out [G] a letter to my cousin up in Tennessee
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_ [D] He brought down a blue tick hound, [A] she was pretty as she could be
[D] Well I pinned her up in the swamp [G] land about a mile just south of [D] the gate
_ _ I'd take old Red for his evening run, I'd just drop him off and leave
Heard the warden say, come on somebody, why don't you run
Old Red's itching to have [Dm] a little fun, get my lamb and get my gun
They will have you treated for [D] the morning time
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Now old Red, he got used to seeing his lady every [D] night
_ [Dm] So I kept him away for three or four days [Am] and I waited till the time got right
[Dm] I made my run with the evening sun and I smiled when I [D] heard him
_ _ [Dm] _ [D] I was headed north to Tennessee [A] and old Red was [D] headed south
Heard the warden say, [Dm] come on somebody, why don't you run
Old Red's itching to have a little fun, get my lamb and get my gun
They will have you treated for the morning [D] time
Now there's red headed blue ticks all over the south, love got me in and out _ _ _ _
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