Ol' Red
Blake SheltonVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Repeat 3 times
Well I caught my wife with another man
And it cost me ninety-nine
On a prison farm in Georgia
Close to the Florida line
Well Ive been here for two long years
I finally made the warden my friend
And so he sentenced me to a life of ease
Taking care of Ol Red
Now Ol Red hes the damndest dog
That Ive ever seen
Got a nose that can smell a two day trail
Hes a four legged tracking machine
You can consider yourself mighty lucky to get past
The gators and the quicksand beds
But all these years that I been here
Aint nobody got past Red
And the warden sang,
Come on somebody why dont you run
Ol Reds itchin to have a little fun
Get my lantern, get my gun
Redll have you treed fore the morning comes
Well I paid off the guard and I slipped out a letter
To my cousin up in Tennessee
Oh and he brought down a blue tick hound
She was pretty as she could be
Well the penned her up in the swampland
About a mile just south of the gate
And Id take Ol Red for his evening run
Id just drop him off and wait
And the warden sang,
Come on somebody why dont you run
Ol Reds itchin to have a little fun
Get my lantern, get my gun
Redll have you treed fore the morning comes
Now Ol Red got real used to seeing
His lady every night
And so I kept him away for three or four days
And waited til the time got right
Well I made my run with the evening sun
And I smiled when I heard em turn Red out
Cause I was headed north to Tennessee
And Ol Red was headed south
And the warden sang,
Come on somebody why dont you run
Ol Reds itchin to have a little fun
Get my lantern, get my gun
Redll have you treed fore the morning comes
Now theres red hair blue ticks all in the south
Love got me in here and love got me out
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Readable chord sheet for Ol' Red by Blake Shelton
[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 Ive 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 hes the damndest dog That[D] Ive [A]ever [E]seen [E]Got a nose that can smell a two day trail Hes 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]Aint nobody got past Red [E]And the warden sang, [E7]Come on someb[E]ody [E7]why dont you r[E]un [E7]Ol Reds 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]Redll 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 Id take Ol Red for his evening run [B]Id just drop him off and [E]wait [E]And the warden sang, [E7]Come on someb[E]ody [E7]why dont you r[E]un [E7]Ol Reds 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]Redll 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 dont you r[E]un [E7]Ol Reds 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]Redll have you tr[E]eed fore the m[B]orning c[E]omes [E] [D] [A] [E]Now theres red hair blue ticks all in the south [E]Love got me in here and l[B]ove got me o[E]ut