Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues chords

Capo 1st fret

Intro:

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  EI hear the train a-comin';

It's rollin' 'round the bend,

And I ain't seen the sunshine since

I don't know when.
      AI'm stuck at Folsom Prison
                                            EAnd time keeps draggin' on,
             B7But that train keeps rollin'
                                 EOn down to San An-tone.

           EWhen I was just a baby,

My momma told me, "Son,

always be a good;

Don't ever play with guns."
         ABut I shot a man in Reno
                              EJust to watch him die.
             B7When I hear that whistle blowin'
                                 EI hang my head and cry.

  EI bet there's rich folks eatin'

From a fancy dining car.

They're prob'ly drinkin' coffee

and smokin' big cigars.
            AWell, I know I had it comin',
                            EI know I can't be free.
                B7But those people keep a-movin'
                                       EAnd that's what tortures me.

                     EWell, 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,
AFar from Folsom Prison,
                                     EThat's where I want to stay.
             B7And I'd let that lonesome whistle
                            EBlow my blues a-way.



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