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Ellis Unit One easy guitar chords by 
Steve Earle
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Intro 1
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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
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come back to town
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I left to be all I could be
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Come home without a clue
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Now, I married Dawn and
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had to settle down
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Verse 2
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So I hired on at the prison
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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
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Now, things're goin' good
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But then they transferred me
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to Ellis Unit One
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Verse 3
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Swing low
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Swing low
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Swing low and carry me
Interlude 1
home
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Verse 4
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Well, my daddy used to talk about
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them long nights at the walls
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And how they used to strap
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em in the chair
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The kids down from the college
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and they'd bring their beer n all
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N when the lights went out,
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a cheer rose in the air
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Verse 5
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Well, folks just got too civilized
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Sparky's gatherin' dust
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Cause no one wants to
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touch a smokin' gun
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And since they got the injection
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They don't mind as much, I guess
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They just put em down
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at Ellis Unit One
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Verse 6
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Swing low
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Swing low
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Swing low and carry me
Interlude 2
home
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Verse 7
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Well, I've seen em fight like lions,
boys
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I've seen 'em go like lambs
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And I've helped to drag em
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when they could not stand
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And I've heard their mamas cryin'
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when they heard that big door slam
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And I've seen the victim's
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family holdin' hands
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Verse 8
Last night I dreamed that I woke up with
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straps across my chest
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And something cold and black
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pullin' through my lungs
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N even Jesus couldn't save me
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though I know he did his best
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But he don't live on El lis Unit One
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Verse 9
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Swing low
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Swing low
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Swing low and carry me home
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Swing low
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Don't let go
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Swing low and carry me home
Outro 1
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