Ol Red chords

Intro: [E] [E7] [E] Repeat 3 times

[E]Well I caught my wife with another man
And it [D]cost me[A] ninety[E] -nine
[E]On a prison farm in Georgia
Close to the Florida [B]line
[E]Well I've been here for two long years
[D]I finally made the [A]warden my [E]friend
[E]And so he sentenced me to a life of ease
[B]Taking care of Ol' [E]Red

[E]Now Ol' Red he's the damndest dog
That[D] I've [A]ever [E]seen
[E]Got a nose that can smell a two day trail
He's a four legged [B]tracking machine
[E]You can consider yourself mighty lucky to get past
[D]The gators and [A]the quicksand [E]beds
[B]But all these years that I been [E]here
[E]Ain't nobody got past Red

[CHORUS]
[E]And the warden sang,
[E7]Come on someb[E]ody [E7]why don't you r[E]un
[E7]Ol' Red's i[E]tchin to h[B]ave a little f[E]un
[E7]Get my l[E]antern, g[E7]et my g[E]un
[E7]Red'll have you tr[E]eed 'fore the m[B]orning c[E]omes

[E] [D] [A]
[E]Well I paid off the guard and I slipped out a letter
[D]To my c[A]ousin up [E]in Tennessee
[E]Oh and he brought down a blue tick hound
She was pretty as she could [B]be
[E]Well the penned her up in the swampland
[D]About a mile just [A]south of the [E]gate
[E]And I'd take Ol' Red for his evening run
[B]I'd just drop him off and [E]wait

[E]And the warden sang,
[E7]Come on someb[E]ody [E7]why don't you r[E]un
[E7]Ol' Red's i[E]tchin to h[B]ave a little f[E]un
[E7]Get my l[E]antern, g[E7]et my g[E]un
[E7]Red'll have you tr[E]eed 'fore the m[B]orning c[E]omes

[E] [D] [A]

[E]Now Ol' Red got real used to seeing
[D]His lady [A]every night [E]
[E]And so I kept him away for [E7]three or four days
[E]
[E]And waited t[B]il the time got right
[E]Well I made my run with the evening sun
[D]And I smiled [A]when I heard 'em turn Red out[E]
[E]Cause I was headed north to Tennessee
And Ol' Red was headed south

[E]And the warden sang,
[E7]Come on someb[E]ody [E7]why don't you r[E]un
[E7]Ol' Red's i[E]tchin to h[B]ave a little f[E]un
[E7]Get my l[E]antern, g[E7]et my g[E]un
[E7]Red'll have you tr[E]eed 'fore the m[B]orning c[E]omes

[E] [D] [A]

[E]Now there's red hair blue ticks all in the south
[E]Love got me in here and l[B]ove got me o[E]ut