Chords for Hoyt Wayne Axton..Ol' Red.wmv
Tempo:
83.85 bpm
Chords used:
D
Dm
A
Am
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Dm]
[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
[Dm]
[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
[Dm]
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
[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
[Dm]
[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
[Dm]
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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_ _ [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
[Dm] _ _
_ [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
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _
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 _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [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
[Dm] _ _
_ [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
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _
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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