Folsom Prison Blues Chords

by Johnny Cash
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Difficulty: beginner
Key: A
Capo: no capo
Author VincentAstolfi [a] 55. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
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Chords

E
A
B7

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E
I hear the train a comin' 
 
It's rollin' 'round the bend
 
And I ain't seen the sunshine
        A
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' 
 
A		    E
 
On down to San Antone
 
 
E
When I was just a baby 
 
My Mama told me, "Son
 
Always be a good boy
       A
Don't ever play with guns" 
 
But I shot a man in Reno
                   E
Just to watch him die 
        B7
When I hear that whistle blowin' 
           A        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
     A
And smokin' big cigars 
 
But I know I had it comin'
		   E
I know I can't be free 
            B7
But those people keep a-movin' 
                A        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
A
Farther down the line 
 
Far from Folsom Prison
                        E
That's where I want to stay 
	 B7
And I'd let that lonesome whistle 
	    A      E
Blow all my blues away 
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Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
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