Ellis Unit One
Ellis Unit One

Ellis Unit One easy guitar chords by Steve Earle

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • D

  • G

  • Gsus2

  • A

  • D

  • G

  • Gsus2

  • A

    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    I 
    was 
    fresh 
    out 
    of 
    the service 

    It 
    was 
    back 
    in 82 

    I raised 
    some 
    Cain 
    when 
    I 

    come 
    back 
    to town 

    I 
    left 
    to 
    be 
    all 
    I 
    could 
    be 

    Come 
    home 
    without 
    a clue 

    Now, 
    I married 
    Dawn 
    and 

    had 
    to 
    settle 
    down 

    Verse 2

    So 
    I 
    hired 
    on 
    at 
    the 
    prison 

    Guess 
    I 
    always 
    knew 
    I 
    would 

    Just 
    like 
    my 
    dad 
    and 
    both 
    my 
    uncles 
    done 

    And 
    I 
    worked 
    on 
    every 
    cell 
    block 

    Now, 
    things're 
    goin' good 

    But 
    then 
    they 
    transferred 
    me 

    to El
    lis 
    Unit 
    One 


    Verse 3
    Swing 
    low 

    Swing 
    low 

    Swing 
    low 
    and 
    carry 
    me 

    Interlude 1
    home 



    Verse 4
    Well, 
    my 
    daddy 
    used 
    to 
    talk 
    about 

    them 
    long 
    nights 
    at 
    the 
    walls 

    And 
    how 
    they 
    used 
    to strap 

    em 
    in 
    the 
    chair 

    The 
    kids 
    down 
    from 
    the college 

    and 
    they'd 
    bring 
    their 
    beer 
    n 
    all 

    N 
    when 
    the 
    lights 
    went 
    out, 

    a cheer 
    rose 
    in 
    the 
    air 

    Verse 5

    Well, 
    folks 
    just 
    got 
    too 
    civilized 

    Sparky's 
    gatherin' dust 

    Cause 
    no 
    one 
    wants 
    to 

    touch 
    a 
    smokin' 
    gun 

    And 
    since 
    they 
    got 
    the 
    injection 

    They 
    don't 
    mind 
    as 
    much, 
    I 
    guess 

    They 
    just 
    put 
    em 
    down 

    at El
    lis 
    Unit 
    One 


    Verse 6
    Swing 
    low 

    Swing 
    low 

    Swing 
    low 
    and 
    carry 
    me 

    Interlude 2
    home 



    Verse 7
    Well, 
    I've 
    seen 
    em 
    fight 
    like 
    lions, 

    boys 

    I've seen 
    'em 
    go 
    like 
    lambs 

    And 
    I've 
    helped 
    to 
    drag 
    em 

    when 
    they 
    could 
    not 
    stand 

    And 
    I've 
    heard 
    their 
    mamas 
    cryin' 

    when 
    they 
    heard 
    that 
    big 
    door 
    slam 

    And 
    I've 
    seen 
    the 
    victim's 

    fam
    ily 
    holdin' 
    hands 

    Verse 8

    Last 
    night 
    I 
    dreamed 
    that 
    I 
    woke 
    up 
    with 

    straps 
    across 
    my 
    chest 

    And something 
    cold 
    and 
    black 

    pullin' 
    through 
    my 
    lungs 

    N even 
    Je
    sus 
    couldn't 
    save 
    me 

    though 
    I 
    know 
    he 
    did 
    his 
    best 

    But 
    he 
    don't 
    live 
    on 
    El
    lis 
    Unit 
    One 


    Verse 9
    Swing 
    low 

    Swing 
    low 

    Swing 
    low 
    and 
    carry 
    me 
    home 

    Swing 
    low 

    Don't 
    let 
    go 

    Swing 
    low 
    and 
    carry 
    me 
    home 

    Outro 1

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