Folsom Prison Blues Chords
by Johnny Cash4,020,199 views, added to favorites 151,955 times
| Difficulty: | beginner |
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| Tuning: | E A D G B E |
| Key: | E |
| Capo: | 1st fret |
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Link to studio version - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTol6KfcEFw
[Intro & Outro]
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|-------1-1------------|
A|-2-2-2-----2----------|
E|------------2b3-0-----|
[Verse 1]
E
I hear the train a-coming, it's rolling round the bend
E7
and I ain't 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 Antone
[Verse 2]
E
When I was just a baby, my Mama told me 'Son,
E7
always be a good boy; don't ever play with guns.'
A E
But I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die
B7 E
when I hear that whistle blowin' I hang my head and cry
[Solo]
E | E7 | E | E7
A | A | E | E
B7| B7| E |
[Verse 3]
E
I bet there's rich folks eatin' in a fancy dining car
E7
They're probably drinking coffee and smoking big cigars
A E
Well, I know I had it coming, I know I can't be free
B7 E
But those people keep a moving, and that's what tortures me
[Solo]
E | E7 | E | E7
A | A | E | E
B7| B7| E |
[Verse 4]
E
Well, if they freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine
E7
I bet I'd move it on a little farther down the line
A E
Far from Folsom Prison, that's where I want to stay
B7 E
And I'd let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away
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Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
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very good. but isn't the intro
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-----1-1------------|
|-2-2-----2----------|
|-----------2b3-0----|
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Forgot the capo (I), and I believe thats a B7...
+43
I Have the copyrighted sheet music.... this is the intro
|-----*----------*---|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|------1-1------------|
|-2-2-2-----2----------|
|--------------3-0----|
the chord progression, which does not play this intro, begins with b7 at the first asterisk and then follows e,a,e,b7 from the second asterisk until the ending which goes
|--0--0--0--0-------------*-------------------*----------------0--|
|--0--0--0--0--------------------------------------------------0--|
|--1--1--1--1--------------------------------------------------1--|
|-------------------------1----1--------------------------2-------|
|--------------2--2--2--------------2-----------------2-4---------|
|0---------------------------------------3----0--3--4-------------|
with the chords, again by a second guitar, being e,b7,e, changes at the asterisks.
+17
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