{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1982907,"song":"Ellis Unit One","artist":"Steve Earle","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11443592-ellis-unit-one-chords-by-steve-earle/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1982907?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":11,"content":"Artist: Steve Earle     Capo 4\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was fresh out of the service [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt was back in ‘82 [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI raised some Cain when I came back to town [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI left to be all I could be [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCome home without a clue [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMarried Dawn and had to settle down [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo I hired on at the prison [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGuess I always knew I would [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nJust like my dad and both my uncles done [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I worked on every cell block [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow, and things're goin' good [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut then they transferred me to Ellis Unit One[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSwing low [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSwing low [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nSwing low and carry me home [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow, my Daddy used to talk about them long nights at the walls [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd how they used to strap ‘em in the chair [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe kids down from the college and they'd bring their beer ‘n all [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen the lights went out, a cheer rose in the air [/tab]\r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI guess folks just got too civilized [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOld Sparky's gatherin' dust [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\n‘Cause no one wants to touch a smokin' gun [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSince they got that injection now[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey don't mind as much, I guess [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey just put ‘em down on Ellis Unit One [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSwing low [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSwing low [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSwing low and carry me home [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, I've seen ‘em fight like lions, boys [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI've seen 'em go like lambs [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I've helped to drag ‘em when they could not stand [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I've heard their mamas cryin' when they heard that big door slam [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've seen the victim's family's holdin' hands [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLast night I dreamed that I woke up with straps across my chest [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd something cold and black pumped through my lungs [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nEven Jesus couldn't save me though I know he did his best [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut he don't live on Ellis Unit One [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSwing low [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSwing low [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSwing low and carry me home [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSwing low [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nDon’t let go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSwing low and carry me home [/tab]","plain_text":"Artist: Steve Earle     Capo 4\n\n[Intro]\nF  G  C  F\nF  G  C  C\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nF  G  C  F\nF  G  C  C\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n \n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nF  G  C  F\nF  G  C  C\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["F","G","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}