Elijahs Church chords by Steve Earle

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:

        D MajorD
Elijah came to Texas
              G+G
To build his family a home
     D MajorD
With his wife and new baby
                G+G
And what little goods that they owned
   D MajorD
Had a good yoke of oxen
                G+G
And hand tools for clearing the land
    A augmentedA
And he built him a church
    A7A7          D MajorD
'Cause he was a God fearin' man

Verse 2:

D MajorD
All of his children when there
              G+G
Worshiped here through the years
    D MajorD
On down to my granddad
                G+G
He's buried 'bout 40 yards from here
   D MajorD
It's where I was baptized
           G+G
And where I took me a wife
    A augmentedA
And if I have my say so
A7A7                D MajorD
That's where I'll rest when it's time


Chorus:

     D MajorD
When I'm dead and I'm gone

Won't you carry me home

To that little white church
   G+G      D MajorD
In my daddy's home town
    D MajorD
'Cause Lord knows I'm some kind of sinner
     E minorEm
But I've done come this far
     A augmentedA
And it's too late for changin'
     D MajorD
When this race has been run

Take me back where I came from
  B minorBm          A augmentedA
And let me return what I took from the ground
     G+G           D MajorD
When this body won't carry me no further

Take me back
A7A7     D MajorD
And lay me down

 verse 3:

D MajorD
That old east Texas red dirt
                G+G
Won't grow much of nothin' they say
   D MajorD
'Cept tomatoes and peaches
               G+G
They mostly drill for oil nowadays
   D MajorD
And a hired hand named Regan
          G+G
First made me understand
    A augmentedA            A7A7           D MajorD
And he told me the red was the blood of my kin in the land


Chorus:

     D MajorD
When I'm dead and I'm gone

Won't you carry me home

To that little white church
   G+G      D MajorD
In my daddy's home town
   D MajorD
Cause lord knows I'm some kinda sinner
     E minorEm
But I've done come this far
     A augmentedA
And it's too late for changing
     D MajorD
When tis race has been run

Take me back where I came from
  B minorBm          A augmentedA
And let me return what I took from the ground
     G+G           D MajorD
When this body won't carry me no further

Take me back
A7A7     D MajorD
And lay me down