'Ol Red' by Shelton Blake - Guitar Tutorial

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

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

Chorus:
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And the warden sang,
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Come on somebody why don't you run
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Ol' Red's itchin to have a little fun
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Get my lantern, get my gun
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Red'll have you treed ?fore the morning comes

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

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And the warden sang,
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Come on somebody why don't you run
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Ol' Red's itchin to have a little fun
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Get my lantern, get my gun
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Red'll have you treed ?fore the morning comes

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Now Ol' Red got real used to seeing
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His lady every night
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And so I kept him away for three or four days
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And waited til the time got right
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Well I made my run with the evening sun
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And I smiled when I heard ?em turn Red out
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Cause I was headed north to Tennessee
And Ol' Red was headed south

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And the warden sang,
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Come on somebody why don't you run
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Ol' Red's itchin to have a little fun
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Get my lantern, get my gun
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Red'll have you treed ?fore the morning comes

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Now there's red hair blue ticks all in the south
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Love got me in here and love got me out