Folsom Prison Blues
Johnny Cash (with Gordon Jenkins, 1955)


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I | [F] hear the train a | comin',
it's | [F] rolling round the | bend
And | [F] I ain't seen the | sunshine since |
| [F] I don't know | when ...
I'm | [Bb] stuck in Folsom | Prison |
| [Bb] and time keeps | draggin' |
| [F] on | [F]   | [F]   | [F]
But that | [C7] train keeps a | rollin' |
| [C7] on down to | San An- | [F] tone. | [F]

When | [F] I was just a | baby
my | [F] mama told me | Son... |
| [F] Always be a | good boy;
Don't | [F] ever play with | guns.
But I | [Bb] shot a man in | Reno... |
| [Bb] ...just to | watch him |
| [F] die   |   [F]   |   [F]   |   [F]
When I | [C7] hear that whistle | blowing... |
| [C7] I hang my | head and | [F] cry. | [F]

Solo
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| [C7] | [C7] | [C7] | [C7] |
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I | [F] bet there's rich folks | eatin',
in a | [F] fancy dining | car
They're [F] probably drinkin' | coffee,
and | [F] smokin' big ci- | gars.
Well I | [Bb] know I had it | comin', |
| [Bb] I know I | can't be |
| [F] free... | [F]   | [F]   | [F]
But those | [C7] people keep a | movin', |
| [C7] and that's what | tortures | [F] me. | [F]

Solo
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| [C7] | [C7] | [C7] | [C7] |
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Well, if they | [F] freed me from this | prison
If that | [F] railroad train was | mine
I | [F] bet I'd move it | [F] on a little
| [F] Farther down the | [F] line... |
| [Bb] Far from Folsom | [Bb] Prison... |
| [Bb] That's where I | want to |
| [F] stay... | [F]   | [F]   | [F]
And I'd | [C7] let that lonesome | whistle   |
| [C7] Blow my | blues a- | [F] way. | [F] |
| [C7] | [C7] | [F] |   [F↓]


#Play along with original in this key.
#Last Updated 6/28/19 JJ
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