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Johnny Cash "Folsom Prison Blues" Tune down slightly to match recording. [Intro] (pick close to the bridge) e|---------|-----------------|----- B|---------|-----------------|----- G|---------|-----------------|----- D|---------|-2---2-----------|----- A|---3-3-3-|---------3-------|----- E|---------|-------------3b--|-1--- [Verse 1]
FI hear the train a comin', it's rolling round the bend and I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when, I'm stBbuck in Folsom prison, and time keeps draggin' oFn but that trC7ain keeps a rollin' on down to San AnFtone
When I was just a baby my mama told me. Son, always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns
But I sBbhot a man in Reno just to watch him diFe when I hC7ear that whistle blowing I hang my head andF cry
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FI bet there's rich folks eating in a fancy dining car they're probably drinkin' coffee and smoking big cigars Well IBb know I had it coming, I know I can't be free F but those pC7eople keep a movin' F
and that's what tortures me... [Solo] e|-----|-----8--11--8-11---8--------|-----8--11--8-11----------| B|--9h-|-10----------------------9h-|-10--------------------9h-| G|-----|----------------------------|--------------------------| D|-----|----------------------------|--------------------------| A|-----|----------------------------|--------------------------| E|-----|----------------------------|--------------------------| e|-----8--11--8-11---8--------|-----8--11--8-11---8----------| B|-10----------------------9h-|-10-------------------10------| G|----------------------------|--------------------------10--| D|----------------------------|------------------------------| A|----------------------------|------------------------------| E|----------------------------|------------------------------| e|----------------------------------------------------| B|-----------11----11-11-------------11---------------| G|--10----10-10----10-10----10----10-------10---------| D|--12----12-12----12-10----12----------------10------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------10---------------| B|-----------11-------------11----11------------------| G|--10----10-------10----------------------10---------| D|--12----------------10----12----------------10------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| e|-----------1-----1-----------------1-----1----------| B|-----------1-----1-----------------1-----1----------| G|-----------2-----2--0--------------2-----2--0-------| D|--------3--3-----3--3-----------3--3-----3--3-------| A|--------3--3-----3--3-----------3--3-----3--3-------| E|--1-----1-----------------1-----1-------------------| e|-----------1-----1----------------------------------| B|-----------1-----1----------------------------------| G|-----------2-----2--0-----------2-------------------| D|--------3--3-----3--3-----------3-------------------| A|--------3--3-----3--3-----------3-----1-----2-------| E|--1-----1-----------------1-------------------------| e|-----------3-----3--3--------------3-----3--3-------|----------------| B|--------1--1-----1--1-----------1--1-----1--1-------|----------------| G|--------0--0-----0--0-----------0--0-----0--0-------|----------------| D|--------2--2-----2--2-----------2--2-----2--2-------|----------------| A|--3-----------------------3-------------------------|--3--3--2-------| E|----------------------------------------------------|-----------3b---| [Verse 3]
FWell if they'd free me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine I bet I'd move just a little further down the line A far from Folsom prison, that's where I want tFo stay and I'd let thatB7 lonesome whistle blow my blues away...
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