Steve Earle - Ellis Unit One Chords

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Verse:
[E]
I was fresh out of the service
  [A]
It was back in 82
[E]                          [B]             [A]
I raised some cane when I come back to town

[E]
I left to be all I could be
 	    [A]
An' come home without a clue
    [E]                     [B]            [E]
And I married Dawn and had to settle down


So I hide out at the prison
Guess I always knew I would
Just like my Dad and both my Uncle's done

And I worked on every cell block now
and things are going good
But then they transferred me to LS Unit 1


Chorus:
 [A]     [B]     [E]    [A]
Swing low, Swing low
 [A]              [B]        [E]     [A]  [B]
Swing low and carry me home

Well my daddy used to talk about 
them long nights at the walls
and how they used to strap em' in the chair

Kids down from the college
and they'd bring their beer and all
When the lights went out a cheer rose through the air

Well folks just got to civilized 
Of Sparkies gathering dust
Cause No one wants to touch his smokin gun

And since they got the injection
they don't mind as much i guess
They just put em' down at LS Unit 1

Swing low, Swing low
Swing low and carry me home

Well I seen em' fight like lions
boys I've seen them go like lambs
And I helped to drag them when they could not stand

And I heard their mama's crying
when they heard that big door slam
And I seen the victim's family holding hands

Last night I dreamed that I woke up 
with straps across my chest
And something cold and black pumped through my lungs

Even Jesus couldn't save me
Though I know he did his best
But he don't live on LS Unit 1

Swing Low, Swing Low,
Swing Low and carry me home

Swing Low, Don't let go
Swing low and carry me home. 

Verses are three lines each and don't change pattern. [E] [A] [E] [B] [A] - [E] [A] [E] [B] [E]
Chorus is two lines and don't change a whole lot. [A] [B] [E] [A] A [B] [E] [A] [B] 
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