Johnny Cash - Folsom prison blues

Title: Folsom Prison Blues Artist: Johnny Cash Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.) Time: 4/4 Tempo: Q=120 Capo: 2 Fingerstyle accompaniment with instrumental solo. Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert eighths. The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position. [Verse] C E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|-----1-------1-------1-------1---|-----1-------1-------1-------1---|-----1-------1-------1-------1---| G|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---| D|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------| A|-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------| E|-----------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------| I hear the train a-coming, it's rolling round the bend. I When I was just a baby my mama told me, son, I bet there's rich folk eatin' in a fancy dining car. If they freed me from this prison, if this railroad train was mine, C7 F E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|-----1-------1-------1-------1---|-----1-------1-------1-------1---|-----1-------1-------1-------1---| G|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------3-------3---|-----2-------2-------2-------2---| D|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------|---------------------------------| A|-3-------------------------------|-3---------------3---------------|---------3---------------3-------| E|-----------------3---------------|---------------------------------|-1---------------1---------------| ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when. I'm stuck in Folsom prison, always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns. But I shot a man in Reno, Prob'ly drinkin' coffee and smokin' big cigars. But I knew I had it comin', I think that I would move a little farther down the line. Far from Folsom prison, C E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|-----1-----------1---------------|-----1-------1-------1-------1---|-----1-------1-------1-------1---| G|-----2-------2---2---2-------0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---| D|-------------3-------3-------1---|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------| A|---------3---------------2-------|-3-------------------------------|-3-------------------------------| E|-1---------------1---------------|-----------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------| and time keeps draggin' on. But that just to watch him die. When I I know I can't be free. But those that's where I want to stay. And I'd G7 C E|-----1-------0--h1---3-----------|-----3-------3-------------------|---------------------------------| B|-----0-------0-------0-----------|-----0-------0---4---3-------1---|-----1-------1-------1-------1---| G|-----------------------------0---|-----------------0---0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---| D|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|---------2---------------2-------| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------| E|-3---------------3---------------|-3---------------3---------------|-----------------3---------------| train keeps a-rollin' on down to San Antone. hear that whistle blowin' I hang my head and cry. people keep a-movin' and that's what tortures me. let that lonesom whistle blow my blues away. 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