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Date: 2/28/99; 11:58:09 PM
 From: rickl1@ix.netcom.com (Rick)
 Subject: CRD: Ellis Unit One             Steve Earle      Chords/lyrics
 Steve Earle     Ellis Unit One written by Steve Earle
 E
 I was fresh out of the service 
        A
 It was back in ‘82 
 E                         B            A
 I raised some Cain when I came back to town 
 E
 Meant to be all I could be 
 A
 Come home without a clue 
 E                B              E
 Married Dawn and had to settle down 
      E
 So I hired on at the prison 
          A
 Guess I always knew I would 
 E                    B              A
 Just like my dad and both my uncles done 
 E
 Worked on every cell block 
      A
 Now, things're goin' good 
           E                 B          E
 Then they transferred me to Ellis Unit One 
 A     B
 Swing low 
 E     A
 Swing low 
               B        E   A  B  E   A  B  E
 Swing low and carry me home 
 E                                      A
 Now, my daddy used to talk about them long nights at the walls 
     E                B                 A
 And how they used to strap ‘em in the chair 
 E                                  A
 The kids down from the college and they'd bring their beer ‘n all 
 E                           B                 A
 When the lights went out, a cheer rose in the air 
          E
 I guess  folks just got too civilized 
 A
 Old Sparky's gatherin' dust 
 E               B               A
 No one wants to touch a smokin' gun 
 E
 Ehey got that injection  now
            A
 They don't mind as much, I guess 
 E               B7         E
 Put ‘em down on Ellis Unit One 
 A     B
 Swing low 
 E     A
 Swing low 
               B        E  A  B  E   A   B   E 
 Swing low and carry me home 
 E
 Well, I've seen ‘em fight like lions, boys 
 A
 I've seen 'em go like lambs 
 E                           B                   A
 And I've helped to drag ‘em when they could not stand 
 E                                           A
 And I've heard their mamas cryin' when they heard that big door slam 
 E                      B                E
 I've seen the victim's family's holdin' hands 
 E                                        A
 Last night I dreamed that I woke up with straps across my chest 
 E                            B                  A
 And something cold and black pullin' through my lungs 
 E                                    A
 Even Jesus couldn't save me though I know he did his best 
        E              B         E
 But he don't live on Ellis Unit One 
 A     B
 Swing low 
 E     A
 Swing low 
               B        E
 Swing low and carry me home 
 A     B
 Swing low 
 E     A
 Swing low 
               B        E
 Swing low and carry me home