Ellis Unit One Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][D]

[Verse 1]
I [D]was fresh out of the service
It was [G]back [Gsus2]in 82[G]
[D]I raised some Cain when I
[A]come back [G]to town
[D]I left to be all I could be
Come [G]home without a clue
Now, [D]I married Dawn and
had [A]to settle down
[G]

[Verse 2]
So I [D]hired on at the prison
Guess I [G]always knew I would
Just [D]like my dad and [A]both my uncles [G]done
And I [D]worked on every cell block
[G]Now, things're goin' good
But then they [D]transferred me
[A]to Ellis Unit One
[D]

[Verse 3]
[Gsus2]Swing low[G][A]
[D]Swing low[G]
Swing low and [A]carry me

[Interlude 1]
home
[D][G][D][G][A][D]

[Verse 4]
Well, my [D]daddy used to talk about
them [G]long nights at the walls
And [D]how they used to strap
[A]em in the[G] chair
[D]The [G]kid[D]s down from the college
and they'd [G]bring their beer n all
N when the [D]lights went out,
a cheer [A]rose in the air
[G]

[Verse 5]
Well, [D]folks just got too [G]civilized
[Gsus2]Sparky's [G]gatherin' dust
Cause [D]no one wants to
[A]touch a smokin' gun
[G]And [D]since they got the injection
They don't [G]mind as much, I guess
They just [D]put em down
at El[A]lis Unit One
[D]

[Verse 6]
[G]Swing [A]low
[D]Swi[G]ng low
Swing low and [A]carry me

[Interlude 2]
home
[D][G][A][D][G][A]
[D]

[Verse 7]
Well, I've [D]seen em fight like lions,
boys
I've seen [G]'em go like lambs
And I've [D]helped to drag em
[A]when they could not [G]stand
And I've [D]heard their mamas cryin'
when they heard [G]that big door slam
And I've [D]seen the victim's
fam[A]ily holdin' hands
[D]

[Verse 8]
Last night I dreamed that I woke up with
[G]straps across my chest
[D]And something cold and [A]black
pullin' through my [G]lungs
N even Je[D]sus couldn't save me
though I [G]know he did his best
But [D]he don't live on [A]El lis Unit One
[D]

[Verse 9]
[G]Swi[A]ng low
[D]Swing low[G]
Swing low and [A]carry [D]me home
[G]Swing [A]low[D]
Don't [G]let go
Swing low and [A]carry me home

[Outro 1]
[G][D]