Folsom Prison Blues Chords

by Johnny Cash
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 1st fret
Author Leif_Martin [pro] 35.
4 contributors total, last edit on Jan 25, 2024
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B7
E
A

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeZRYhLDLeU
 
Capo 1st fret
 
 
[Intro]
 
| B7   | B7   | E    | E    |
 
  E
I hear the train a-comin';
 
It's rollin' 'round the bend,
 
And I ain't seen the sunshine since
 
I don't know when.
    A
I'm stuck in Folsom Prison
                        E
And time keeps draggin' on,
         B7
But that train keeps a-rollin'
                 E
On down to San Antone.
 
     E
When I was just a baby,
 
My momma told me, "Son,
 
always be a good boy;
 
Don't ever play with guns."
      A
But I shot a man in Reno
                  E
Just to watch him die.
       B7
When I hear that whistle blowin'
                   E
I hang my head and cry.
 
  E
I bet there's rich folks eatin'
 
From a fancy dining car.
 
They're prob'ly drinkin' coffee
 
and smokin' big cigars.
        A
Well, I know I had it comin',
                  E
I know I can't be free.
          B7
But those people keep a-movin'
                         E
And that's what tortures me.
 
              E
Well, if they freed me from this prison,
 
If that railroad train was mine,
 
I bet I'd move it on
 
A little farther down the line,
A
Far from Folsom Prison,
                       E
That's where I want to stay.
        B7
And I'd let that lonesome whistle
               E
Blow my blues away.
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