Folsom Prison Blues Chords

This is the version of Folsom Prison Blues that Cash played in his later life during the late 80s till the
end of his career, the main source I use is this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzCyHZLhYK4 and go to 50
seconds in.
 
If you're playing both parts of singing and solos and introduction then do not use a capo.
 
Chord Fingering (if not using a capo then the chords are E, E7, A and B7)
 
   D  D7 G  A7
e|-2--2--3--3------|
B|-3--1--0--2------|
G|-2--2--0--2------|
D|-0--0--0--2------|
A|-------2--0------|
E|-------3---------|
 
 
Hello I'm Johnny Cash
 
[Verse 1]
 
D
I hear the train a comin', It's rollin' 'round the bend
D                                                  D7
And I ain't seen the sunshine, Since, I don't know when
G                                                 D
I'm stuck in Folsom Prison And time keeps draggin' on
A7                                               D
But that train keeps a-rollin', On down to San Antone
 
[Verse 2]
 
D
When I was just a baby. My Mama told me, son
D                                          D7
Always be a good boy. Don't ever play with guns
G                                           D
But I shot a man in Reno. Just to watch him die
A7                                                    D
When I hear that whistle blowin'. I hang my head and cry
 
[Verse 3]
 
D
I bet there's rich folks eatin', In a fancy dining car
D                                                   D7
They're probably drinkin' coffee, And smokin' big cigars
G                                               D
But I know I had it comin', I know I can't be free
A7                                                  D
But those people keep a-movin', And that's what tortures me
 
[Chorus]
 
D
Well, if they freed me from this prison, If that railroad train was mine
D                                                   D7
I bet I'd move out over a little, Farther down the line
G                                               D
Far from Folsom Prison, That's where I want to stay
A7                                                 D
And I'd let that lonesome whistle, Blow my blues away
 
[Outro verse]
 
A7               D
Blow...my blues away
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