Folsom Prison Blues

Johnny Cash

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INTRO
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G ------|--------|--
 
VERSE 1
...I [|][F]hear the train a comin', ..it's [|][F]rollin'
round the bend, and [|][F]I ain't seen the 
sunshine since [|][F7]I don't know when. I'm [|]
[Bb]stuck in Folsom Prison [|][Bb]and time keeps 
draggin' [|][F]on. [|][F]..But that [|][C]train keeps a 
rollin' [|][C]on down to San An[|][F]tone
 
VERSE 2
..When I [|][F]was just a baby my [|]
[F]Mama told me "Son, [|][F]always be a 
good boy; don't [|][F7]ever play with guns". 
But I [|][Bb]shot a man in Reno, [|][Bb]..just to 
watch him [|][F]die. [|][F]...When I [|][C]hear that 
whistle blowin'.. [|][C]I hang my head and [|][F]cry [|]

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C |------------|------------|------------|
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A |0h33-6-3-1--|--11----11--|--1-3-5-3-5-|
E |-----------1|1-----1-----|1-----------|
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VERSE 3
..I [|][F]bet there's rich folks eating from a [|] 
[F]fancy dining car. They're [|][F]probably drinking 
coffee and [|][F7]smokin' big cigars. Well, I [|]
[Bb]know I had it comin', [|][Bb]I know I 
can't be [|][F]free [|][F]..But those [|][C]people 
keep a movin' [|][C]and that's what tortures [|][F]me [|]
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A |0h33-6-3-1--|--11----11--|--1-3-5-3-5-|
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E |1-----1-----|1---1-------|
C |--00---00---|--0---------|wagon
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VERSE 4
Well, if they [|][F]freed me from this prison, if 
that [|][F]railroad train was mine. I [|][F]bet I'd 
move it on a little [|][F7]farther down the line [|]
[Bb]Far from Folsom Prison, [|][Bb]that's where I 
want to [|][F]stay. [|][F]..And I'd [|][C]let that lonesome 
whistle [|][C]blow my blues a[|][F]way [|][C][|][F][\\\]