Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues (Guitar Acoustic Tab)

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Title: Folsom Prison Blues Artist: Johnny Cash Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.) Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert melody/harmony notes. Use thumb-fretting. Let ring. The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position. "!" marks chords with (half)bar shape.
[Verse-KeyG]
   G      +     +     +       +     +     +     +       +     +         +       +     +     +     +
E|-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
B|--------------------0--|-0--0--1-h3-----------0--|-0--0--1-h3---------0--|-0--0--1-h3--3--3--------|
G|--------0-----0--------|-------------0--0--------|-------------0---------|----------------------0--|
D|-----0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0---------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|
A|-----------2-----------|-------------2-----------|-------------2---------|-------------2-----------|
E|-3---------------------|-3-----------------------|-3---------------------|-3-----------------------|

      +     +      G7    C6 +     +     +           +     +     +    >+    G      +     +     +
E|----------0----------|-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
B|-3--3--3-------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
G|-------------0-------|-2-p0--2-p0--2-p0------|----2----p0--2-p0--------|--------0-----0-----0--|
D|-------0-----0---3---|-------2-----------2---|-------2--------------0--|-----0-----------0-----|
A|-----------------2---|-3---------------------|-3-----------------3-----|-----------2-----------|
E|-3-------------------|-------------3---------|-------------3-----------|-3---------------------|

          +     +     +    D7 +     +     +     +       +     +     +    >+    G      +     +     +
E|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
B|--------------------0--|-1-p0--1-p0--1-h3--------|----3-----3--------------|-----------------------|
G|--------0-----0--------|----------------------2--|-------------3-p2-----0--|--------0-----0-----0--|
D|-----0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-----0-----------0-----|
A|-----------2-----------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-----------2-----------|
E|-3---------------------|-------------2-----------|-------------2-----------|-3---------------------|

[Verse-KeyC]
   C      +     +     +       +     +     +     +       +     +     +     +       +     +     +     +
E|--------------------0--|-0--0--1-h3--------------|-0--0--1-h3--------------|-0--0--1-h3--3--3--------|
B|-----------------------|-------------1--1--------|-------------1-----------|-------------------------|
G|--------0-----0--------|----------------------0--|----------------0-----0--|----------------------0--|
D|-----2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|
A|-3---------------------|-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------3-----------|
E|-----------3-----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

      +     +      C7    F6 +     +     +     +       +     +     +    >+    C      +     +     +
E|-3--3--3-/5----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
B|-------------1-------|-3-p1--3-p1--3-p1--------|----3----p1--3-p1--------|-----------------------|
G|-----------------3---|----------------------2--|----------------------0--|--------0-----0-----0--|
D|-------2---------2---|-------3-----------3-----|-------3-----------3-----|-----2-----------2-----|
A|-3-----------3-------|-------------0-----------|-------------0-----------|-3---------------------|
E|---------------------|-1-----------------------|-1-----------------------|-----------3-----------|

          +     +     +    G7 +     +     +     +       +     +     +    >+    C      +     +     +
E|--------------------0--|-1-p0--1-p0--1-h3--------|----3-----3--------------|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------4-\3-----1--|-----------------------|
G|--------0-----0--------|----------------------0--|-------------------------|--------0-----0-----0--|
D|-----2-----------2-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-----2-----------2-----|
A|-3---------------------|-------------2-----------|-------------0-----------|-3---------------------|
E|-----------3-----------|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-----------3-----------|

[Verse-KeyD]
   D      +     +     +       +     +     +     +       +     +     +     +       +     +     +     +
E|--------------------2--|-2--2--3-/5-----------2--|-2--2--3-/5-----------2--|-2--2--3-/5--5--5-----5--|
B|-----------------------|-------------3--3--------|-------------3-----------|-------------------------|
G|--------2-----2--------|-------------------------|----------------2--------|-------------------------|
D|-----0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|
A|-0---------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------0-----------|
E|-----------2-----------|-------------2-----------|-------------2-----------|-------------------------|

      +     +            G6 +     +     +     +       +     +     +    >+    D      +     +     +
E|-5--5--5-/7----------|-0-----0-----0-----------|----0--------0-----------|-----------------------|
B|-------------3---3---|----3-----3-----3--------|----------3-----3--------|-----------------------|
G|---------------------|----------------------0--|----------------------2--|--------2-----2-----2--|
D|-------0---------0---|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|-----0-----------0-----|
A|-0-----------0-------|-------------2-----------|-------------2-----------|-0---------------------|
E|---------------------|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-----------2-----------|

          +     +     +   A7! +     +     +     +       +     +     +    >+    D      +     +     +
E|--------------------2--|-3-p2--3-p2--3-h5--------|----5-----5--1-p0--------|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|-------------------------|----------------------3--|-----------------------|
G|--------2-----2--------|----------------------2--|-------------------------|--------2-----2-----2--|
D|-----0-----------0-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|-----0-----------0-----|
A|-0---------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------0-----------|-0---------------------|
E|-----------2-----------|-------------0-----------|-------------------------|-----------2-----------|
[Lyrics] I hear the train a-coming, it's rolling round the bend. I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when. I'm stuck in Folsom prison, and time keeps draggin' on. But that train keeps a-rollin' on down to San Antone. When I was just a baby my mama told me, son, always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns. But I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die. When I hear that whistle blowin' I hang my head and cry. I bet there's rich folk eatin' in a fancy dining car. Prob'ly drinkin' coffee and smokin' big cigars. But I knew I had it comin', I know I can't be free. But those people keep a-movin', and that's what tortures me. If they freed me from this prison, if this railroad train was mine, I think that I would move a little farther down the line. Far from Folsom prison, that's where I want to stay. And I'd let that lonesom whistle blow my blues away. ************************************ | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off | / Slide up | \ Slide down | > Accentuate ************************************