RED
As recorded by Hardy feat. Morgan Wallen
(From the 2023 Album THE MOCKINGBIRD & THE CROW)


Capo 4th fret.


Hardy plays this tuned down 1/2 step.
To do so transpose +5 steps.



[Intro]
D   Bm7   D   Bm7


[Verse 1]
D
Red
                      Bm7
I'm talking ’bout the sun coming up and the sun going down
     D                        Bm7
On a John Deere, turning up a hard work check
Bm7
Making that blue collar country boy's neck
D
Red
                      Bm7
I'm talking ’bout the color of them jerseys on a Friday night
       D
At the end of another long, hot, dry summer
           Bm7                                               A
'Tween the dust and the rust, the trucks are half covered in red
A
Like a bloodhound
G
Tracking some whitetail buck down


[Chorus]
                D
I ain't talking politics, I'm talking small town
              Bm
And if you're from one, you know what I'm talking 'bout
G         D
It's everywhere, I swear, from the courthouse bricks
     Bm                    G
To a crushed Bud heavy can fading in the ditch
         D
Like the book of John, like a barn door
    Bm
And hearts your hand’s over ’cause you're thankful for
G     D
Every shipped off soul that was born to fight
      Bm                    G                  D    Bm7  G
For a wind-torn flag that’s blue and white and red


[Verse 2]
D
Red
                    Bm7
I'm talkin' 'bout a county line stop sign full of birdshot
    D
The cup your beer’s in sitting 'round a fire
          Bm7
Like your bank account when you bought them tires
        A
That led
A
You down a dirt road
             G
And got some red lips leaning cross the console


[Chorus]
                D
I ain't talking politics, I'm talking small town
              Bm
And if you're from one, you know what I'm talking 'bout
G         D
It's everywhere, I swear, from the courthouse bricks
     Bm                    G
To a crushed Bud heavy can fading in the ditch
         D
Like the book of John, like a barn door
    Bm
And hearts your hand’s over ’cause you're thankful for
G     D
Every shipped off soul that was born to fight
      Bm                    G          D           Bm7
For a wind-torn flag that’s blue and white and red


[Bridge]
G        A
It don't matter who you are
                                 G
Got your back if that's what you need
              A
'Cause at the end of the day
            G
Hey, we all bleed
G
Red


[Chorus]
                D
I ain't talking politics, I'm talking small town
              Bm
And if you're from one, you know what I'm talking 'bout
G         D
It's everywhere, I swear, from the courthouse bricks
     Bm                    G
To a crushed Bud heavy can fading in the ditch
         D
Like the book of John, like a barn door
    Bm
And hearts your hand’s over ’cause you're thankful for
G     D
Every shipped off soul that was born to fight
      Bm                    G                  D    Bm7  G
For a wind-torn flag that’s blue and white and red


[Outro]
        Bm                                       D
Yeah, a wind-torn flag that's blue and white and red
        Bm                                D
Yeah, a wind-torn flag that's blue and white and red