Am
Runnin hard runnin fast
Tryin to get away
Goin to the bayou
Where no one knows my name
No one knows my name
CHORUS:
C
Won't you hide me pa
G Am
For the red river is my grave
Is my grave
C
Won't you hide me pa
G Am
For the red river is my grave
Is my grave
Well I had a job real good pay
Watchin summer's crop
Made a hundred bucks a day
Guardin those green tops
Guardin those green tops
CHORUS
August night up real high
Rifle in my hand
Whiskey drinks forty winks
Cleared my buddy's land
Cleared my buddy's land
CHORUS
Well I spent my time in Idabel
Just trying to get ahead
Friends I've known all my life
Wishing I was dead
They's wishin I was dead
CHORUS
Runnin hard runnin fast
Tryin to get away
Goin to the bayou
Where no one knows my name
No one knows my name
CHORUS
Is my grave
Is my grave