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publicado por
nastya
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Song written by James "Bo" Bohon, Don Goodman, and Mark Sherrill, originally recorded by George Jones
hammer on 4th and 5th strings while playing the E, palm mute whole song.
* = single strum
[Intro]E D A EE D A E
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[Estrofa]EWell I caught my wife with another manD A EAnd it cost me ninety-nineEOn a prison farm in GeorgiaB7Close to the Florida lineEWell I've been here for two long yearsD A EI finally made the warden my friendEAnd so he sentenced me to a life of easeB7 Etaking care of Ol' Red[Estrofa]ENow Ol' Red he's the damnedest dogD A Ethat I've ever seenEGot a nose that can smell a two day trailB7He's a four legged tracking machineEYou can consider yourself mighty lucky to get pastD A EThe gators and the quicksand bedsEBut all these years that I've been hereB7 EAin't nobody got past Red[Estribillo]EAnd the warden sangcome on somebody why don't you runD EOl' Reds itchin' to have a little funget my lantern, get my gunD ERed'll have you treed 'fore the mornin' comes[Estrofa]EWell I paid off the guard and I slipped out a letterD A ETo my cousin up in TennesseeEOh and he brought down a blue tick houndB7She was pretty as she could beEWell they penned her up in the swamplandD A E'Bought a mile just south of the gateEand I'd take Ol' Red for his evening runB7 EI'd just drop him off and wait[Estribillo]EAnd the warden sangcome on somebody why don't you runD EOl' Reds itchin' to have a little funget my lantern, get my gunD ERed'll have you treed 'fore the mornin' comes[Estrofa]ENow Ol' Red got used to seeingD A EHis lady every nightEAnd so I kept him away for three or four daysB7And waited till the time got rightEWell i made my run with the evenin' sunD A EAnd i smiled when i heard 'em let Red outE'Cause I was headed north to TennesseeB7 EAnd Ol' Red was headed south[Estribillo]EAnd the warden sangcome on somebody why don't you runD EOl' Reds itchin' to have a little funget my lantern, get my gunD ERed'll have you treed 'fore the mornin' comes[Estrofa]*ENow there's red haired blue ticks all in the south*E D* A* E*Love got me in here and love got me out