Intro: E E7 E Repeat 3 times E Well I caught my wife with another man D A E And it cost me ninety-nine E On a prison farm in Georgia B Close to the Florida line E Well I’ve been here for two long years D A E I finally made the warden my friend E And so he sentenced me to a life of ease B E Taking care of Ol’ Red E Now Ol’ Red he’s the damndest dog D A E That I’ve ever seen E Got a nose that can smell a two day trail B He’s a four legged tracking machine E You can consider yourself mighty lucky to get past D A E The gators and the quicksand beds B E But all these years that I been here E Ain’t nobody got past Red Chorus: E And the warden sang, E7 E E7 E Come on somebody why don’t you run E7 E B E Ol’ Red’s itchin to have a little fun E7 E E7 E Get my lantern, get my gun E7 E B E Red’ll have you treed ‘fore the morning comes E D A E Well I paid off the guard and I slipped out a letter D A E To my cousin up in Tennessee E Oh and he brought down a blue tick hound B She was pretty as she could be E Well the penned her up in the swampland D A E About a mile just south of the gate E And I’d take Ol’ Red for his evening run B E I’d just drop him off and wait E And the warden sang, E7 E E7 E Come on somebody why don’t you run E7 E B E Ol’ Red’s itchin to have a little fun E7 E E7 E Get my lantern, get my gun E7 E B E Red’ll have you treed ‘fore the morning comes E D A E Now Ol’ Red got real used to seeing D A E His lady every night E E7 And so I kept him away for three or four days E E B And waited til the time got right E Well I made my run with the evening sun D A E And I smiled when I heard ‘em turn Red out E Cause I was headed north to Tennessee And Ol’ Red was headed south E And the warden sang, E7 E E7 E Come on somebody why don’t you run E7 E B E Ol’ Red’s itchin to have a little fun E7 E E7 E Get my lantern, get my gun E7 E B E Red’ll have you treed ‘fore the morning comes E D A E Now there’s red hair blue ticks all in the south E B E Love got me in here and love got me out