East Texas Red
East Texas Red

East Texas Red easy guitar chords by Tom Russell

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • D

  • A

  • G

  • Bm

    2
  • Em

  • D

  • A

  • G

  • Bm

    2
  • Em

  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    Down 
    in 

    the scrub 
    oak country 

    To the 
    southeast 
    Texas 
    Gulf 

    There 
    used 
    to 
    ride 
    a brakeman, 

    brake
    man 
    double 
    tough. 

    He 
    worked 
    the town 
    of Kilgore, 

    And 
    Long 
    view 
    twelve 
    miles 
    down, 

    And the 
    travelers 
    all 
    said 

    Little 
    East 
    Texas 
    Red 

    He 
    was 
    the meanest 
    bull 
    around. 

    Verse 2

    If you 
    rode 
    by 
    night 
    or the 
    broad 
    daylight 

    In the 
    wintery 
    wind 
    or 
    the sun, 

    You 
    would always 
    see 
    little 
    East 

    Texas 
    Red 

    Just a sportin' 
    his 
    smooth- 

    run
    nin' gun

    And the 
    tale 
    got 
    switched 
    down 

    the stems 
    and 
    main
    s, 

    And 
    everybody 
    said 

    That the 
    meanest 
    bull 

    On 
    them 
    shiney 
    irons 

    Was 
    that little 
    East 
    Texas 
    Red. 

    Verse 3
    It was 
    on 
    a cold 
    and 
    a windy 

    morn' 

    It was along 
    towards 
    nine 
    or ten, 

    couple 
    of boys 
    on the 

    hunt of 
    a job 

    They stood 
    that 
    blizzardy 
    wind. 

    Hungry 
    and 
    cold 
    they 

    knocked 
    on 
    the doors 

    Of the 
    workin' 
    people 
    around 

    For 
    piece 
    of 
    meat 

    And a 
    carrot 
    or spud 
    just 

    a boil 
    of stew 
    around. 

    Verse 4
    East 
    Texas 
    Red 
    come 
    down 
    the line 

    And he 
    swung 
    off 
    that 
    old 

    number 
    two. 

    He kicked 
    their 
    bucket 
    over 
    a bush 

    And 
    he dumped 
    out 
    all 
    of their 
    stew. 

    The 
    travelers 
    said, 
    "Little 
    East 
    Texas 
    Red, 

    You 
    better 
    get 
    your 
    business 
    straight 

    Cause 
    you're 
    gonna 
    ride 

    Your little 
    black 
    train 
    just 
    one 

    year 
    from 
    today." 

    Verse 5
    Well 
    Red 
    he 
    laughed 
    and he 

    climbed 
    the 
    bank 

    And he 
    swung 
    on 
    the side 
    of 
    wheeler, 

    The 
    boys 
    caught 
    a tanker 
    to Seminole 

    Then 
    west 
    to Amarillo. 

    They 
    caught 
    them 
    a job 
    of oil- 
    field 
    work 

    And 
    followed 
    a pipeline 
    down. 

    It 
    took them 
    lots 
    of places 

    Before 
    that year 

    Had 
    rolled 
    around. 

    Verse 6

    Then 
    on 
    a cold 
    and windy 
    day 

    They caught 
    them 
    a Gulf- 
    bound 
    train. 

    They 
    shivered 
    and shook 
    with the 

    dough 
    in 
    their 
    clothes 

    To the 
    scrub 
    oak 
    flats 
    again, 

    With 
    their 
    warm 
    suits 
    of clothes 

    and overcoats 

    They walked 
    into 
    a store. 

    They 
    paid 
    that man 

    For 
    some 
    meat 
    and stuff 

    Just a boil 
    of stew 
    once 
    more. 

    Verse 7
    The ties 
    they 
    tracked 
    down 

    that 
    cinder 
    dump 

    And 
    they 
    come 
    to the 
    same 
    old 
    spot 

    Where 
    East 
    Texas 
    Red 
    just 
    year 
    ago 

    Had 
    dumped 
    their 
    last 
    stew 
    pot. 

    Well, 
    the smoke 
    of 
    their 
    fire 
    went 

    higher 
    and 
    higher 

    And Red 
    come 
    down 
    the line. 

    With 
    his 
    head 
    tucked 
    low 

    in the 
    wintery 
    wind 

    He 
    waved 
    old 
    number 
    nine. 

    He 
    walked 
    on 
    down 

    through the 
    jungle 
    yard 

    And he 
    came 
    to 
    the same 
    old spot 

    And there 
    was 
    the same 

    two 
    men 
    again 

    Around 
    that 
    same 
    stew 
    pot. 

    Verse 8
    Red 
    went 
    to 
    his 
    knee's 

    and he 
    hollered 

    "Please, 
    don't 
    pull 
    your 
    trigger 
    on 
    me. 

    I did 
    not 
    get 
    my 
    business 
    straight." 

    But he 
    did 
    not 
    get 
    his 
    say. 

    gun 
    wheeled 
    out 
    of 
    an overcoat 

    And it 
    played 
    that 
    old 
    one 
    two, 

    And 
    Red 
    was 
    dead 
    when 

    the 
    other 
    two 
    men 

    Sat 
    down 
    to 
    eat 
    their 
    stew. 

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