Ellis Unit One chords by Steve Earle

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

Song: Ellis Unit One
Artist: Steve Earle   Capo 4

Intro:
FF G+G C majorC FF
F G+G C majorC C majorC

Verse 1:
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I was fresh out of the service
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It was back in ‘82
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I raised some Cain when I came back to town
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I left to be all I could be
   FF
Come home without a clue
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Married Dawn and had to settle down

Verse 2:
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So I hired on at the prison
    FF
Guess I always knew I would
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Just like my dad and both my uncles done
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And I worked on every cell block
     FF
Now, and things're goin' good
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But then they transferred me to Ellis Unit One

Chorus:
FF   G+G
Swing low
C majorC   FF
Swing low
       G+G    C majorC
Swing low and carry me home

Instrumental:
FF G+G C majorC FF
F G+G C majorC C majorC

Verse 3:
    C majorC               FF
Now, my Daddy used to talk about them long nights at the walls
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And how they used to strap ‘em in the chair
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The kids down from the college and they'd bring their beer ‘n all
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When the lights went out, a cheer rose in the air

Verse 4:
    C majorC
I guess folks just got too civilized
  FF
Old Sparky's gatherin' dust
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‘Cause no one wants to touch a smokin' gun
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Since they got that injection now
      FF
They don't mind as much, I guess
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They just put ‘em down on Ellis Unit One

Chorus:
FF   G+G
Swing low
C majorC   FF
Swing low
       G+G    C majorC
Swing low and carry me home

Instrumental:
FF G+G C majorC FF
F G+G C majorC C majorC

Verse 5:
      C majorC
Well, I've seen ‘em fight like lions, boys
   FF
I've seen 'em go like lambs
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And I've helped to drag ‘em when they could not stand
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And I've heard their mamas cryin' when they heard that big door slam
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I've seen the victim's family's holdin' hands

Verse 6:
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Last night I dreamed that I woke up with straps across my chest
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And something cold and black pumped through my lungs
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Even Jesus couldn't save me though I know he did his best
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But he don't live on Ellis Unit One

Chorus:
FF   G+G
Swing low
C majorC   FF
Swing low
       G+G    C majorC
Swing low and carry me home

FF   G+G
Swing low
C majorC     FF
Don’t let go
FF       G+G    FF    C majorC
Swing low and carry me home