Fred

[Intro:  ]Em 
 
Em                          C 
He once shot a man just for snoring 
D                           Em 
Got out of bed and shot him dead 
Em 
Well his name was .... (pause) 
C 
I didn't know what his name was 
D                     Em 
so we just called him Fred 
 
Em 
He was riding cross the desert 
C 
on a horse to another town 
D                        Em 
looking for a woman in a nightgown 
Em 
the horses' name was ..... (pause) 
C 
I didn't know what his name was 
D                     Em 
so we just called him Fred 
 
 
Chorus 
 
           Em 
ah oh now, Fred's a ridin' Fred's a ridin' 
 
C                                      D 
Fred Fred's ridin' Fred, Fred's ridin' Fred 
 
              Em 
Fred's ridin' Fred 
 
 
Verse 3 
 
Em 
Well he got into the town 
      C 
met a woman in a nightgown 
D                 Em 
she was wearin' a frown (hell it rhymes) 
Em 
well her name was .... (pause) 
  C 
I didn't know what her name was 
D                     Em 
so we just called her Fred 
 
repeat chorus 
 
ad lib (continue same chord progression) 
 
That song's called Fred 
 
This song here was written under the influence of alcohol 
which has a tendency to make you think things are funnier 
than what they really are.  Had you been drinkin' alcohol at the time of 
hearing a Fred song, you'd be laying on the floor right now saying that 
"Fred" song's whipping my ass.  Turn it off.