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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
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Steve actually plays this with a capo on the 2nd fret... so ya know what the chords would be E-D, A-G, B-A -Drop_D_Blues | 6/25/2005 | I'm gonna have to disagree with the poster above. You can clearly hear that Steve is playing E A and B here with no capo. I'm sure he plays it with a capo in concert (he almost always has that capo slapped on the 2nd fret), but I think to get that really deep alternating bass finger picking sound you should leave the capo off. It sounds alright either way, but you lose a lot of the menace of the recorded version when you play with the capo. listen real close to the song and you'll see what I mean.
-MrSuddath | 6/1/2008 | Anyone know Elijah's Church from the Heartworn Highways movie/documentary ?? Please post, been looking everywhere for it!!! -renfield | 6/4/2008 | steve used a raised e tuning on this song. the capo is on the 2nd fret but he puts it on upside down so he can leave it off the top e string essentially giving him a drop d tuning except its in e -mr151derful | 8/17/2008 |
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