Folsom Prison Blues Chords

Folsom Prison Blues chords
Johnny Cash  1955
 
Capo I
 
e|------------------|(count from capo)
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|-------1-1--------|
A|-2-2-2-----2------|
E|-------------B2-0-| *B = bend string
 
  E
I hear the train a comin'
 
It's rollin' 'round the bend,
 
And I ain't seen the sunshine,
       E7
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,
      E7
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,
    E7
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,
E7
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|-------1-1--------|
A|-2-2-2-----2------|
E|-------------B2-0-| *B = bend string
 
* Some people prefer to bend this string on 3 (B3)
 
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