Chords with lyrics
- Capo on 1st
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) Difficulty: Novice Intro: e|-------------------------------------------------0----| BB|-------------------------------------------------0----| G+G|----------0--------------0---------0-------------1----| D MajorD|---0h2--2---2---0h2---2----0h2---2---2-------0---2----| A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------h2------2----| E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------0----| Verse 1: E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE Well i caught my wife with another man And it cost me ninty nine E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE On a prision farm on Georgia close to the Flordia line E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE Well I've been here for two long years and I finnaly made the warden my friend E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE And so he sentenced me to a life of ease taking care of Ol Red E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE Now Ol Red hes the damndest dog that I've ever seen E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE Got a nose that can smell a two day trail hes a four legged tracking machiane E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE You can consider yourself mighty lucky to get past the gators and the quicksand beds E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE But all these years that I've been here anit nobody got past Red
Chorus: E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE And the warden sang come on somebody why dont you run Ol reds itching to have a little fun E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE Get my lantern get my gun Red will have you treed before for the morning comes Verse 2: E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE Well i paid off guared and i slipt out a letter to my cousins up in West Virgina E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE Oh and they brought down a bluetick hound she was pretty as she could be E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE Well they pinned her up in the swampland about a mile just south of the gate E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE I'd take Ol Red for his evening run I'd just drop him of and wait Chorus: E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE And the warden sang come on somebody why dont you run Ol reds itching to have a little fun E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE Get my lantern get my gun Red will have you treed before for the morning comes Verse 3: E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE Now Ol Red got real used to seeing his lady every night E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE So i kept him away for three or four days and waited till the time got right E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE Well i made my run with the evening sun and I smiled when i heard them turn Red out E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE Cause I was headed north to West Virgina and Ol Red was headed south Chorus: E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE And the warden sang come on somebody why dont you run Ol reds itching to have a little fun E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE Get my lantern get my gun Red will have you treed before for the morning comes Outro: E MajorE Nows theres redhaired blueticks all in the south D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE Love got me in here and love got me out ************************************ | h Hammer-on ************************************
Other versions of Ol Red
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Ol Red by Blake Shelton
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Ol red | Intro |