Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues (Guitar)

Capo 1 Video Lesson
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Chords

[Intro & Outro]
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|-------1-1------------|
A|-2-2-2-----2----------|
E|------------2b3-0-----|
[Verse 1]
  E
I hear the train a-coming, it's rolling round the bend

                                   E7
and I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when

    A                                               E
I'm stuck in Folsom Prison, and time keeps draggin' on

         B7                                     E
But that train keeps a-rollin' on down to San Antone
[Verse 2]
     E
When I was just a baby, my Mama told me 'Son,

                            E7
always be a good boy; don't ever play with guns.'

      A                                     E
But I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die

       B7                                           E
when I hear that whistle blowin' I hang my head and cry
[Solo] E | E7 | E | E7 A | A | E | E B7| B7| E | [Verse 3]
  E
I bet there's rich folks eatin' in a fancy dining car

                                     E7
They're probably drinking coffee and smoking big cigars

        A                                       E
Well, I know I had it coming, I know I can't be free

          B7                                             E
But those people keep a moving, and that's what tortures me
[Solo] E | E7 | E | E7 A | A | E | E B7| B7| E | [Verse 4]
              E
Well, if they freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine

                              E7
I bet I'd move it on a little farther down the line

A                                              E
Far from Folsom Prison, that's where I want to stay

        B7                                       E
And I'd let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away