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Folsom Prison Blues Chords

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#-------------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------------#
# This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
# song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------#
Folsom Prison Blues chords
Johnny Cash

Capo I

e|------------------|(count from capo)
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|-------6-6--------|
E|-7-7-7-----7-3--0-|

  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 Mama 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',

In a fancy dining car,

They're probably drinkin' coffee,

And smokin' big cigars,
      A
But 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 out over 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. 

e|------------------|(count from capo)
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|-------6-6--------|
E|-7-7-7-----7-3--0-|

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mikey1211 wrote on February 24 2013, 02:54 pm

should be an F#7 on 4th bar after the first E and before the A in the verses

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Kraziekhat wrote on February 26 2013, 03:56 am

There's no F#7 in Folsom P.B. and there's
a hundred people who agree. KK.

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