Chords for Ol' Red- Brad James
Tempo:
75.95 bpm
Chords used:
F
Eb
Bb
C
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F] [Fm]
[F]
[Eb] [Bb] I [F] caught my wife with another man [Eb] and it cost [Bb] me [F] 99
On a prison farm in Georgia just north of the [C] Florida line
Well I've been here [F] for two long [Ebm] years and I [Bb] finally made the [F] warden my friend
So he sent it's me to a life of [C] ease taking [F] care of old Red
[C] Now old [F] Red he's the damnedest dog [Eb] [Bb] I've [F] ever seen
He's got [C] a nose that can smell a two-day trail
He's a four-legged tracking machine
You can [F] consider [C] yourself mighty lucky [Eb] to get past [Bb] the gators in the [F] quicksand beds
All these years that I've been here [C] ain't nobody got [F] past Red
And the warden's saying come on somebody why don't you run
Old [Eb] Red's itching to have a [F] little fun
Get my lantern and get my gun
Red'll have you treated [Eb] for the [F] morning comms
[Fm] [F] [Eb] [Bb] [F] Well I paid off the guard and slipped out a letter [Eb] to my [Bb] cousin up in [Fm] Tennessee
[F] Oh and he brought down a [Fm] blue tick hound she was pretty as [C] she could be
Well [F] they pinned her up in the [Eb] swampland about a [Bb] mile just south of the [F] gate
I take Red for his evening [C] run just drop him off [F] and wait
And the warden's saying come on somebody and why don't you run
Old [Eb] Red's itching to have a [F] little fun
Get my lantern and get my gun
Red'll have you treated [Eb] for the morning [F] comms
[C] [F]
[Eb] [Bb] [F] Now Old Red got used to seeing [Eb] this [Bb] lady [F] every night
So I kept him away for three or four days waited till the [C] time was right
Well [F] I made my run with the evening [Eb] sun and I [Bb] smiled when I [F] heard him turn Red out
I was [Fm] headed north to Tennessee [C] and Old Red was [F] headed south
And the warden's saying come on somebody and why don't you run
Old [Eb] Red's itching to have a little [F] fun
Get my lantern and get my gun
Red'll have [Eb] you treated for the morning [F] comms
There's red-haired blue ticks all in the south
[Fm] Love got me in [Eb] here and love got me [F] out
[Fm]
[F]
[Eb] [Bb] I [F] caught my wife with another man [Eb] and it cost [Bb] me [F] 99
On a prison farm in Georgia just north of the [C] Florida line
Well I've been here [F] for two long [Ebm] years and I [Bb] finally made the [F] warden my friend
So he sent it's me to a life of [C] ease taking [F] care of old Red
[C] Now old [F] Red he's the damnedest dog [Eb] [Bb] I've [F] ever seen
He's got [C] a nose that can smell a two-day trail
He's a four-legged tracking machine
You can [F] consider [C] yourself mighty lucky [Eb] to get past [Bb] the gators in the [F] quicksand beds
All these years that I've been here [C] ain't nobody got [F] past Red
And the warden's saying come on somebody why don't you run
Old [Eb] Red's itching to have a [F] little fun
Get my lantern and get my gun
Red'll have you treated [Eb] for the [F] morning comms
[Fm] [F] [Eb] [Bb] [F] Well I paid off the guard and slipped out a letter [Eb] to my [Bb] cousin up in [Fm] Tennessee
[F] Oh and he brought down a [Fm] blue tick hound she was pretty as [C] she could be
Well [F] they pinned her up in the [Eb] swampland about a [Bb] mile just south of the [F] gate
I take Red for his evening [C] run just drop him off [F] and wait
And the warden's saying come on somebody and why don't you run
Old [Eb] Red's itching to have a [F] little fun
Get my lantern and get my gun
Red'll have you treated [Eb] for the morning [F] comms
[C] [F]
[Eb] [Bb] [F] Now Old Red got used to seeing [Eb] this [Bb] lady [F] every night
So I kept him away for three or four days waited till the [C] time was right
Well [F] I made my run with the evening [Eb] sun and I [Bb] smiled when I [F] heard him turn Red out
I was [Fm] headed north to Tennessee [C] and Old Red was [F] headed south
And the warden's saying come on somebody and why don't you run
Old [Eb] Red's itching to have a little [F] fun
Get my lantern and get my gun
Red'll have [Eb] you treated for the morning [F] comms
There's red-haired blue ticks all in the south
[Fm] Love got me in [Eb] here and love got me [F] out
[Fm]
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_ _ _ [Eb] [Bb] I [F] caught my wife with another man [Eb] and it cost [Bb] me [F] 99
On a prison farm in Georgia just north of the [C] Florida line
Well I've been here [F] for two long [Ebm] years and I [Bb] finally made the [F] warden my friend
_ So he sent it's me to a life of [C] ease taking [F] care of old Red
[C] Now old [F] Red he's the damnedest dog [Eb] [Bb] I've [F] ever seen
He's got [C] a nose that can smell a two-day trail
He's a four-legged tracking machine
You can [F] consider [C] yourself mighty lucky [Eb] to get past [Bb] the gators in the [F] quicksand beds
_ _ All these years that I've been here [C] ain't nobody got [F] past Red
_ And the warden's saying come on somebody why don't you run
Old [Eb] Red's itching to have a [F] little fun
Get my lantern and get my gun
Red'll have you treated [Eb] for the [F] morning comms
[Fm] _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] [F] Well I paid off the guard and slipped out a letter [Eb] to my [Bb] cousin up in [Fm] Tennessee
_ [F] _ Oh and he brought down a [Fm] blue tick hound she was pretty as [C] she could be
Well [F] they pinned her up in the [Eb] swampland about a [Bb] mile just south of the [F] gate
I take Red for his evening [C] run just drop him off [F] and wait
And the warden's saying come on somebody and why don't you run
Old [Eb] Red's itching to have a [F] little fun
Get my lantern and get my gun
Red'll have you treated [Eb] for the morning [F] _ comms
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] [F] Now Old Red got used to seeing [Eb] this [Bb] lady [F] every night
So I kept him away for three or four days waited till the [C] time was right
Well [F] I made my run with the evening [Eb] sun and I [Bb] smiled when I [F] heard him turn Red out
_ I was [Fm] headed north to Tennessee [C] and Old Red was [F] headed south
And the warden's saying come on somebody and why don't you run
Old [Eb] Red's itching to have a little [F] fun
Get my lantern and get my gun
Red'll have [Eb] you treated for the morning [F] _ comms
There's red-haired blue ticks all in the south
[Fm] Love got me in [Eb] here and love got me [F] out
_ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] [Bb] I [F] caught my wife with another man [Eb] and it cost [Bb] me [F] 99
On a prison farm in Georgia just north of the [C] Florida line
Well I've been here [F] for two long [Ebm] years and I [Bb] finally made the [F] warden my friend
_ So he sent it's me to a life of [C] ease taking [F] care of old Red
[C] Now old [F] Red he's the damnedest dog [Eb] [Bb] I've [F] ever seen
He's got [C] a nose that can smell a two-day trail
He's a four-legged tracking machine
You can [F] consider [C] yourself mighty lucky [Eb] to get past [Bb] the gators in the [F] quicksand beds
_ _ All these years that I've been here [C] ain't nobody got [F] past Red
_ And the warden's saying come on somebody why don't you run
Old [Eb] Red's itching to have a [F] little fun
Get my lantern and get my gun
Red'll have you treated [Eb] for the [F] morning comms
[Fm] _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] [F] Well I paid off the guard and slipped out a letter [Eb] to my [Bb] cousin up in [Fm] Tennessee
_ [F] _ Oh and he brought down a [Fm] blue tick hound she was pretty as [C] she could be
Well [F] they pinned her up in the [Eb] swampland about a [Bb] mile just south of the [F] gate
I take Red for his evening [C] run just drop him off [F] and wait
And the warden's saying come on somebody and why don't you run
Old [Eb] Red's itching to have a [F] little fun
Get my lantern and get my gun
Red'll have you treated [Eb] for the morning [F] _ comms
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] [F] Now Old Red got used to seeing [Eb] this [Bb] lady [F] every night
So I kept him away for three or four days waited till the [C] time was right
Well [F] I made my run with the evening [Eb] sun and I [Bb] smiled when I [F] heard him turn Red out
_ I was [Fm] headed north to Tennessee [C] and Old Red was [F] headed south
And the warden's saying come on somebody and why don't you run
Old [Eb] Red's itching to have a little [F] fun
Get my lantern and get my gun
Red'll have [Eb] you treated for the morning [F] _ comms
There's red-haired blue ticks all in the south
[Fm] Love got me in [Eb] here and love got me [F] out
_ [Fm] _ _ _