Folsom Prison Blues Tab

This is a rough version of
"Folsom Prison Blues" - Johnny Cash
 
 
[INTRO and END]
 
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|-------1-1-----------|
A|-2-2-2------2--------|
E|-------------3b4b3-0-|
 
 
[VERSE]
 
Verse = E A B7
alternate pick / downstrum
ie. pick 5th / down /
pick 6th / down
 
 
[SOLO]
 
 
e|-------9p7-10-7-------7-9p7-9b10b9--|
B|-8h9-------------8h9----------------|
G|------------------------------------| x2
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
 
 
e|-7-6-5-----5-----------5-------5---9-5----12-11-12-11-|
B|-------------5-----------5-------5-----5--------------|
G|-------6-6-----6---6-6-----6--------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|---0h2----2-----2----2-----0h2---2--------------------|
A|-------2---------0h2-----------2---------0-1----------|
E|-0----------0-----------0-----------0-4---------------|
 
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------1---1---1---1---------|
A|-2-(B7)---(B7)-2-(B7)---(B7)-0h2-2---2---1---0-----------|
E|--------2-------------2--------------------------2b3b2-0-|
 
 
[Lyrics]
 
    E
I hear the train a comin' it's rollin 'round the bend
 
and I a'int 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-An-Tone
 
(same pattern for all verses)
 
When I was just a baby my mame 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 heat the whistle blowin' I hang my head and cry
 
I bet there's rich folks eating in a fancy dining car
They're probably drinkin' coffee and smoking big cigars
Well I know I had it coming, I know I can't be free
But those people keep a movin' and that's what tortures me
 
Well, if they freed me fom this prison, if that railroad train was mine
I bet I'd move it all a little farther down the line
Far from Fulsom Prison, that's where I want to stay
And I'd let that lonsome whistle, blow my blues away
 
 
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| h     Hammer-on
| p     Pull-off
| b     Bend
|(B7)   Chord
 
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